The setting of the first three chapters takes place in the Devon school, and then at the beach. The Devon school is an older boarding school with “thick layers of ivy” covering a lot of the buildings. Near it there is a river with a tree looming over it which the older boys would jump off of into the river. It has many fields for sports and other such things. Near the end of our reading the boys were on the beach, a place that took hours to ride to on bicycle from Devon. The beach had cold oceans, which Finny swam in anyways. As said on page 39 in A Separate Peace “The ocean, throwing sun-sprays space across nearby rocks, was winter cold.”
Gene has a very interesting personality. He is intelligent, but unlike Finny, he is not dareing, and does not enjoy sports. He does not like taking risks, but values his friendship with Finny enough to take many risks, including going to the forbidden beach and jumping out of the tree into the river. Throughout the book you can also see that he is very jealous of Finny. As said on page 21, “he had gotten away with everything. I felt a sudden stab of disappointment. That was because I just wanted to see some more excitement; that must have been it.” In this part of book Gene shows his jealousy of Finny’s way of getting out of anything. These two sentences also show the respect that Gene feels he should show towards his friends. Gene tries to convince himself that he was not feeling jealousy or disappointment that Finny did not get in trouble, but instead that he wanted to see more excitement, because he did not want to feel that his best friend should've been punished. Gene is a very interesting character with many different traits.
The setting of the book soo far takes place in two places. First at the Devon school then at the beach. Devon is an older school that Gene attended when he was young. At the begginning Gene seems to be walking down memory lane, he visits all the places of importance to him when he was younger. One of which is a tree that the boys would prove their courage by jumping off a limb into the water. The author describes the ocean to be cold, but Finny swam in it anyways.
The book started out as a walk down memory lain then it turned into a flash back. Finny is training to go into the military in two years with Gene. Finny can also get away with any thing like when the kids went to a party with the teachers and was using one of the school ties as a belt. The teachers got really mad and all Finny had to do was talk about the war and the teachers forgot about the tie and started talking about the war. Gene is trying to go into the army too. Also he is one of those people who would do anything if he was asked to do it.
In the beginning Gene starts to be going through his past and the important places in his life. At this point in the book there are two settings. It takes place at the Devon School and the beach. The Devon School is a school that Gene used to attend when he was younger. There was a tree there that him and his friends would test there bravery and jump off a limb into the water. The author had also said that the water was very cold but Finny had not worried about that and swam in it anyways.
Gene has a very interesting and cool personality. But unlike Finny he is not daring. He is not a risky person, he does not like taking risks but sometimes does to keep his friendship with Finny.
The first three chapters of A Separate Peace takes place as Devon, a school for boys located in New Hampshire. The first time that we are introduced to the school is through the eyes of Gene, although a much older Gene than what we will come to know throughout the rest of the book. At first we see the school as somewhat dismal, full of memories that Gene recalls from his time at Devon. “Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful school in New England, and even on this dismal afternoon its power was asserted.” The next time we take a look at Devon, it is through the eyes of a much younger and much more exuberant Gene. He describes in detail the fields and playing courts that surround the school, and the dormitories and the river. He especially is intrigued by the river because of the tree that stretches out over it, from which he and his friends daringly jump, after being urged on by Gene’s friend Finny. Towards the end of the third chapter Phineas convinces Gene to take a trip to the beach with him. They spend the whole day playing with the waves, after riding for many hours on bike, and risking expulsion if they are caught.
The main character and narrator of A Separate Peace is Gene, a thoughtful boy whose best friend Phineas convinces him to do many daring things that he would not have done otherwise. Gene is smart and is often amazed at the things he finds himself doing by following in the excitable Finny’s footsteps, such as sneaking away to the beach. It says on page 37 “Going there risked expulsion, destroyed the studying I was going to do for an important test the next morning, blasted the reasonable amount of order I wanted to maintain in my life, and it also involved the kind of long, labored bicycle ride I hated.” And yet he agrees to go. I think that Gene is a bit afraid of what Finny would think of him if he said no to of any of his plans. Gene seems to be slightly jealous of Phineas’s amazing athletic ability. As when Finny breaks the swimming record on page 35, and decides not to tell anyone. Gene is amazed and slightly agitated that Finny does not want to tell anyone, when I think Gene himself would have basked in the glory had he had the chance. It’s not that Gene disliked Finny, in fact I think he honored him and looked up to him with praise. He is a good friend and would never disrespect Finny or any of his other friends.
For the first three chapters of A Separate Peace, there were two settings, an all male boarding school, Devon, and a beach, far from this boarding school. Devon is made up of old buildings, with “many thick layers of ivy”. There are playing fields, for sports and such, like baseball, football, and soccer. When you walk through Devon, there is a river, with an old tree that the guys that go to Devon like to jump off of into the river. Near the last part of which we read for homework, the setting was a beach, which according to John Knowles, took some time to get to. John Knowles describes the ocean as “…with the accumulating roar of the surf and salty, adventurous, flirting wind from the sea…” on page 39. Gene’s personality is different, and you might not see him in someone you might know. He is quiet, sincere, and smart. You might think that he likes sports, but he has never really liked them, according to Knowles. Gene to me, is a good guy, but he isn’t a dare devil, like his friends. He will do things, like jump off the tree into the river, but he is a good student and doesn’t want to get expelled. When Finny and Gene were talking to Mr. Prud’homme, Finny lied to him, but Gene wanted to tell the truth, saying that Gene is truthful and caring.
The setting for the first 3 chapters is the Devon School. The time is different though. In the first chapter it shows Gene when he is an adult describing the school. But in the following chapters it shows him when he was actually in the school. In the first chapter the School seems pretty dull to me but then in the next chapter it lightens up a little bit making happier, especially on page 16.
Not enough of Gene has been displayed for me to understand him. This might mean that he is quiet though. He seems like a nice character and has a lot of friends, which means that he is friendly. This is shown at the beginning of chapter 2. Although I haven’t seen much of gene I can tell he will be a powerful character in the book.
The setting of A Separate Peace takes place in a boarding school called Devon during World War II. The atmosphere of the school is calm and relaxed. This atmosphere is shown with Phineas’s carefree attitude toward the rules. This contrasts with Gene’s more obedient and careful disposition. This is shown with his reluctantly to do things like jump off the tree or go to the beach. Gene also has a good sense of perception, which is shown with his descriptions of places. The story is influenced by Phineas’s carefree attitude and Gene’s careful thinking.
The setting in the first three chapters is the Devon school in the summer. Devon is a boarding school for boys. In the book it is clear that one part of the school is more important than the rest. It is the river and more importantly the tree that stands along the river bank. The tree starts coming into the story by Gene coming to the tree when he is much older. Throughout the three chapters the tree plays an important role in the setting. Also at the end of chapter three the book setting changes to the beach. It changes when Phineas, known as finny, talks Gene into going to the beach (pg. 37). Gene describes the ocean as “throwing up foaming sun-sprays across some nearby rocks”.
My impression of Gene is intelligent and a good friend. He is not daring like Finny. He will do things Finny asks him to do, an example of this is when Finny tells him to jump off the tree limb. To me it was clear that he doesn’t want to jump but he does because Finny tells him to(pg. 9). Another example is when Finny talks Gene into going to the beach(pg. 37). When he does things Finny asks him to do I think this shows that he is a good friend. Also he is not competitive. Page 34 is an example. Finny wants to beat the school swimming record. Gene helps him by timing him but it doesn’t seem like he wishes to try a beat it. To me it is clear that the war has a big affect on Gene(pg. 32,33).
Within the first three chapters there were a couple settings. The first of those, was an all male boarding school called Devon. Devon has many old buildings and playing fields on it, as well as a river. The other one of these two settings is a beach far from Devon. The boys reached this setting by riding hours on a bicycle. When I read about this ocean, it reminded me of our own because of this quote on pg. 39 "The ocean, throwing up foaming sun-sprays across some nearby rocks, was winter cold." It reminded me of our own because ours is cold as well.
In this reading I found that Gene and Finny were very different, Finny was much more athletic that Gene and Gene envied him.
The first chapter of the book is a totally different setting then the second and the third chapters. In the first chapter Gene is an adult. And in the second and the third chapter he is young and a student in the devon school. The biggest similarity is that he is visiting the place where he was when he was young. In the last part of chapter three he goes to a beach with his friends on bicycles. On page 34, finny wants to beat the school swimming record, and Gene helps him by timing him. In this reading i found that Gene and Finny are almost opposite. Finny is athletic, and Gene is obedient of the rules.
In the first chapter Gene is at Devon when he is older. Then in the next chapter it flashes back to when he is a student at Devon. (Devon is a boarding school for boys.) When he is at Devon he is friends with a kid named Finny, Finny, in a way gets him into trouble. This is when his personality starts to show. When Finny asks him to jump of the tree he doesn’t really argue he just does what he says in a way. Then in Chapter three Gene and Finny are talking about going to the beach.
In the 2 chapters they don’t talk about very much but mostly in chapters they are talking about the Devon school and the new teacher Mr. Prud’homme. He was the new substitute for the Devon school. On page 25 and 26, they were talking about jumping in the river that they would always meet at night because they always have meet and this is a quote from those pages. “At every meeting the limb seemed higher, thinner the deeper water harder to reach.” The river was also part of the setting quite a bit in these chapters. There were fields where sports and games could be played. Close to the ending the guy went to the beach but finny was the only one that swam in it.
Gene has a great personality, he is smart and a guy that loves to play around but still doesn’t like to play any games. I felt a sudden stab of disappointment.” I think that shows Gene’s soft side to things. Still even though his friend got cought and he didn’t he was feeling a lot of guilt and Finny never left anything alone, not when it was well enough, not when it was perfect.” That I would understand the reason Gene is so sad about not being cought and is friend being cought. Gene knew Finny was going to be mad at him because in that quote Finny doesn’t let anything go.
The first three chapters take place at the Devon school and on a beach which was hours away from the school by bike. On page 1-6 we are witnessing Devon School through the eyes of Gene fifteen years after when the story takes place. Then it flashbacks and the kids are much younger and much more lively. The fields are described on page 10 and 11 as lively in the school year but in the summer they were deserted. The main character of the story is Gene. He is also the narrator. I feel that he is sort of a guy that falls into peer-pressure. But he is sure of himself. He has a lot of confidence. For example on page 9 when Gene jumps off the tree he is forced into doing it but he has confidence in himself.
A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, is set in the Devon School in New Hampshire, during World War II. The narrator, Gene, describes this time very aptly from pages 32-24. "Franklin Delano Roosevelt is president of the United States, and he always has been. The other two eternal world leaders are Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin. America is not, never has been, and never will be what the songs and poems call it, a land of plenty. Nylon, meat, gasoline, and steel are rare. There are too many jobs and not enough workers. Money is very easy to earn but rather hard to spend, because there isn't very much to buy." At it's beginning, the book occurs during the summer of 1942, Devon school partially full with students. Sixteen-year-olds frequently jump into the river, clearing the worrisome gap of the bank. Two of these students are Gene and Phineas.
Gene, our main character and narrator, is mild mannered, simple, and often, overly careful with his actions. He appears completely enamored with Phineas, an athletic, daring, charismatic teenager, who Gene often notes as being able to get out of anything and everything, despite the severity of the event. Gene greatly admires Finny, as he calls him, stating early in chapter three that he fairly often disagrees with his own instincts to not "lose face" with Finny. Gene is often worried about issues, and is very questionable of certain things. He is often concerned with the stunts Phineas pulls, and is a generally a kind, but almost melancholic, character.
Are story starts out at Devon school, with are main character Gean who is returning back to Devon. The Devon school is next to a river that flows by also surrounding it with beautiful landscape. The story from the start tells us that Gean is returning to see his friends and be reunited with his old school in great detail like in page 8 he is noticing all of the things that he has remembered. The author from the start of the book is very descriptive and has a very interesting writing style, he has made sure that we no the characters in the book like they were are best friends. Such as in page 15 we are so pulled in to the style of his writing as he explains what jean would be feeling at the time and when you have someone with a personality like Gean you half to make it known that he is the one that follows what the others do to make himself look cool and not as much of a leader and he also is a very educated man as well.
The setting of the first three chapters takes place in the Devon school, and then at the beach. The Devon school is an older boarding school with “thick layers of ivy” covering a lot of the buildings. Near it there is a river with a tree looming over it which the older boys would jump off of into the river. It has many fields for sports and other such things. Near the end of our reading the boys were on the beach, a place that took hours to ride to on bicycle from Devon. The beach had cold oceans, which Finny swam in anyways. As said on page 39 in A Separate Peace “The ocean, throwing sun-sprays space across nearby rocks, was winter cold.”
ReplyDeleteGene has a very interesting personality. He is intelligent, but unlike Finny, he is not dareing, and does not enjoy sports. He does not like taking risks, but values his friendship with Finny enough to take many risks, including going to the forbidden beach and jumping out of the tree into the river. Throughout the book you can also see that he is very jealous of Finny. As said on page 21, “he had gotten away with everything. I felt a sudden stab of disappointment. That was because I just wanted to see some more excitement; that must have been it.” In this part of book Gene shows his jealousy of Finny’s way of getting out of anything. These two sentences also show the respect that Gene feels he should show towards his friends. Gene tries to convince himself that he was not feeling jealousy or disappointment that Finny did not get in trouble, but instead that he wanted to see more excitement, because he did not want to feel that his best friend should've been punished. Gene is a very interesting character with many different traits.
The setting of the book soo far takes place in two places. First at the Devon school then at the beach. Devon is an older school that Gene attended when he was young. At the begginning Gene seems to be walking down memory lane, he visits all the places of importance to him when he was younger. One of which is a tree that the boys would prove their courage by jumping off a limb into the water. The author describes the ocean to be cold, but Finny swam in it anyways.
ReplyDeleteThe book started out as a walk down memory lain then it turned into a flash back. Finny is training to go into the military in two years with Gene. Finny can also get away with any thing like when the kids went to a party with the teachers and was using one of the school ties as a belt. The teachers got really mad and all Finny had to do was talk about the war and the teachers forgot about the tie and started talking about the war.
ReplyDeleteGene is trying to go into the army too. Also he is one of those people who would do anything if he was asked to do it.
In the beginning Gene starts to be going through his past and the important places in his life. At this point in the book there are two settings. It takes place at the Devon School and the beach. The Devon School is a school that Gene used to attend when he was younger. There was a tree there that him and his friends would test there bravery and jump off a limb into the water. The author had also said that the water was very cold but Finny had not worried about that and swam in it anyways.
ReplyDeleteGene has a very interesting and cool personality. But unlike Finny he is not daring. He is not a risky person, he does not like taking risks but sometimes does to keep his friendship with Finny.
The first three chapters of A Separate Peace takes place as Devon, a school for boys located in New Hampshire. The first time that we are introduced to the school is through the eyes of Gene, although a much older Gene than what we will come to know throughout the rest of the book. At first we see the school as somewhat dismal, full of memories that Gene recalls from his time at Devon. “Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful school in New England, and even on this dismal afternoon its power was asserted.” The next time we take a look at Devon, it is through the eyes of a much younger and much more exuberant Gene. He describes in detail the fields and playing courts that surround the school, and the dormitories and the river. He especially is intrigued by the river because of the tree that stretches out over it, from which he and his friends daringly jump, after being urged on by Gene’s friend Finny. Towards the end of the third chapter Phineas convinces Gene to take a trip to the beach with him. They spend the whole day playing with the waves, after riding for many hours on bike, and risking expulsion if they are caught.
ReplyDeleteThe main character and narrator of A Separate Peace is Gene, a thoughtful boy whose best friend Phineas convinces him to do many daring things that he would not have done otherwise. Gene is smart and is often amazed at the things he finds himself doing by following in the excitable Finny’s footsteps, such as sneaking away to the beach. It says on page 37 “Going there risked expulsion, destroyed the studying I was going to do for an important test the next morning, blasted the reasonable amount of order I wanted to maintain in my life, and it also involved the kind of long, labored bicycle ride I hated.” And yet he agrees to go. I think that Gene is a bit afraid of what Finny would think of him if he said no to of any of his plans. Gene seems to be slightly jealous of Phineas’s amazing athletic ability. As when Finny breaks the swimming record on page 35, and decides not to tell anyone. Gene is amazed and slightly agitated that Finny does not want to tell anyone, when I think Gene himself would have basked in the glory had he had the chance. It’s not that Gene disliked Finny, in fact I think he honored him and looked up to him with praise. He is a good friend and would never disrespect Finny or any of his other friends.
For the first three chapters of A Separate Peace, there were two settings, an all male boarding school, Devon, and a beach, far from this boarding school. Devon is made up of old buildings, with “many thick layers of ivy”. There are playing fields, for sports and such, like baseball, football, and soccer. When you walk through Devon, there is a river, with an old tree that the guys that go to Devon like to jump off of into the river. Near the last part of which we read for homework, the setting was a beach, which according to John Knowles, took some time to get to. John Knowles describes the ocean as “…with the accumulating roar of the surf and salty, adventurous, flirting wind from the sea…” on page 39.
ReplyDeleteGene’s personality is different, and you might not see him in someone you might know. He is quiet, sincere, and smart. You might think that he likes sports, but he has never really liked them, according to Knowles. Gene to me, is a good guy, but he isn’t a dare devil, like his friends. He will do things, like jump off the tree into the river, but he is a good student and doesn’t want to get expelled. When Finny and Gene were talking to Mr. Prud’homme, Finny lied to him, but Gene wanted to tell the truth, saying that Gene is truthful and caring.
The setting for the first 3 chapters is the Devon School. The time is different though. In the first chapter it shows Gene when he is an adult describing the school. But in the following chapters it shows him when he was actually in the school. In the first chapter the School seems pretty dull to me but then in the next chapter it lightens up a little bit making happier, especially on page 16.
ReplyDeleteNot enough of Gene has been displayed for me to understand him. This might mean that he is quiet though. He seems like a nice character and has a lot of friends, which means that he is friendly. This is shown at the beginning of chapter 2. Although I haven’t seen much of gene I can tell he will be a powerful character in the book.
The setting of A Separate Peace takes place in a boarding school called Devon during World War II. The atmosphere of the school is calm and relaxed. This atmosphere is shown with Phineas’s carefree attitude toward the rules. This contrasts with Gene’s more obedient and careful disposition. This is shown with his reluctantly to do things like jump off the tree or go to the beach. Gene also has a good sense of perception, which is shown with his descriptions of places. The story is influenced by Phineas’s carefree attitude and Gene’s careful thinking.
ReplyDeleteThe setting in the first three chapters is the Devon school in the summer. Devon is a boarding school for boys. In the book it is clear that one part of the school is more important than the rest. It is the river and more importantly the tree that stands along the river bank. The tree starts coming into the story by Gene coming to the tree when he is much older. Throughout the three chapters the tree plays an important role in the setting. Also at the end of chapter three the book setting changes to the beach. It changes when Phineas, known as finny, talks Gene into going to the beach (pg. 37). Gene describes the ocean as “throwing up foaming sun-sprays across some nearby rocks”.
ReplyDeleteMy impression of Gene is intelligent and a good friend. He is not daring like Finny. He will do things Finny asks him to do, an example of this is when Finny tells him to jump off the tree limb. To me it was clear that he doesn’t want to jump but he does because Finny tells him to(pg. 9). Another example is when Finny talks Gene into going to the beach(pg. 37). When he does things Finny asks him to do I think this shows that he is a good friend. Also he is not competitive. Page 34 is an example. Finny wants to beat the school swimming record. Gene helps him by timing him but it doesn’t seem like he wishes to try a beat it. To me it is clear that the war has a big affect on Gene(pg. 32,33).
Within the first three chapters there were a couple settings. The first of those, was an all male boarding school called Devon. Devon has many old buildings and playing fields on it, as well as a river. The other one of these two settings is a beach far from Devon. The boys reached this setting by riding hours on a bicycle. When I read about this ocean, it reminded me of our own because of this quote on pg. 39 "The ocean, throwing up foaming sun-sprays across some nearby rocks, was winter cold." It reminded me of our own because ours is cold as well.
ReplyDeleteIn this reading I found that Gene and Finny were very different, Finny was much more athletic that Gene and Gene envied him.
The first chapter of the book is a totally different setting then the second and the third chapters. In the first chapter Gene is an adult. And in the second and the third chapter he is young and a student in the devon school. The biggest similarity is that he is visiting the place where he was when he was young. In the last part of chapter three he goes to a beach with his friends on bicycles. On page 34, finny wants to beat the school swimming record, and Gene helps him by timing him. In this reading i found that Gene and Finny are almost opposite. Finny is athletic, and Gene is obedient of the rules.
ReplyDeleteIn the first chapter Gene is at Devon when he is older. Then in the next chapter it flashes back to when he is a student at Devon. (Devon is a boarding school for boys.) When he is at Devon he is friends with a kid named Finny, Finny, in a way gets him into trouble. This is when his personality starts to show. When Finny asks him to jump of the tree he doesn’t really argue he just does what he says in a way. Then in Chapter three Gene and Finny are talking about going to the beach.
ReplyDeleteIn the 2 chapters they don’t talk about very much but mostly in chapters they are talking about the Devon school and the new teacher Mr. Prud’homme. He was the new substitute for the Devon school. On page 25 and 26, they were talking about jumping in the river that they would always meet at night because they always have meet and this is a quote from those pages. “At every meeting the limb seemed higher, thinner the deeper water harder to reach.” The river was also part of the setting quite a bit in these chapters. There were fields where sports and games could be played. Close to the ending the guy went to the beach but finny was the only one that swam in it.
ReplyDeleteGene has a great personality, he is smart and a guy that loves to play around but still doesn’t like to play any games. I felt a sudden stab of disappointment.” I think that shows Gene’s soft side to things. Still even though his friend got cought and he didn’t he was feeling a lot of guilt and Finny never left anything alone, not when it was well enough, not when it was perfect.” That I would understand the reason Gene is so sad about not being cought and is friend being cought. Gene knew Finny was going to be mad at him because in that quote Finny doesn’t let anything go.
The first three chapters take place at the Devon school and on a beach which was hours away from the school by bike. On page 1-6 we are witnessing Devon School through the eyes of Gene fifteen years after when the story takes place. Then it flashbacks and the kids are much younger and much more lively. The fields are described on page 10 and 11 as lively in the school year but in the summer they were deserted.
ReplyDeleteThe main character of the story is Gene. He is also the narrator. I feel that he is sort of a guy that falls into peer-pressure. But he is sure of himself. He has a lot of confidence. For example on page 9 when Gene jumps off the tree he is forced into doing it but he has confidence in himself.
A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, is set in the Devon School in New Hampshire, during World War II. The narrator, Gene, describes this time very aptly from pages 32-24. "Franklin Delano Roosevelt is president of the United States, and he always has been. The other two eternal world leaders are Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin. America is not, never has been, and never will be what the songs and poems call it, a land of plenty. Nylon, meat, gasoline, and steel are rare. There are too many jobs and not enough workers. Money is very easy to earn but rather hard to spend, because there isn't very much to buy." At it's beginning, the book occurs during the summer of 1942, Devon school partially full with students. Sixteen-year-olds frequently jump into the river, clearing the worrisome gap of the bank. Two of these students are Gene and Phineas.
ReplyDeleteGene, our main character and narrator, is mild mannered, simple, and often, overly careful with his actions. He appears completely enamored with Phineas, an athletic, daring, charismatic teenager, who Gene often notes as being able to get out of anything and everything, despite the severity of the event. Gene greatly admires Finny, as he calls him, stating early in chapter three that he fairly often disagrees with his own instincts to not "lose face" with Finny. Gene is often worried about issues, and is very questionable of certain things. He is often concerned with the stunts Phineas pulls, and is a generally a kind, but almost melancholic, character.
Are story starts out at Devon school, with are main character Gean who is returning back to Devon. The Devon school is next to a river that flows by also surrounding it with beautiful landscape. The story from the start tells us that Gean is returning to see his friends and be reunited with his old school in great detail like in page 8 he is noticing all of the things that he has remembered. The author from the start of the book is very descriptive and has a very interesting writing style, he has made sure that we no the characters in the book like they were are best friends. Such as in page 15 we are so pulled in to the style of his writing as he explains what jean would be feeling at the time and when you have someone with a personality like Gean you half to make it known that he is the one that follows what the others do to make himself look cool and not as much of a leader and he also is a very educated man as well.
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