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A Separate Peace- Title

            Most stories" titles give readers some perception of what the story will be about. In general the setting is its own separate peace. There are also curtain examples of when characters in the novel try to create their own separate peace. .
             The winter carnival is an example that shows the students at the school creating their own separate peace. Finny enters his own fantasy where there is no war occurring. He tries to put this state of mind into the other students" minds. Finny starts a winter carnival during which the boys at the school feel an amount of freedom in this time of war. At the carnival the boys drink cider and dance on the tables. They all feel that nothing matters anymore but their own fantasy world. Even the boys that were uptight about the war loosened up and enjoyed the fantasy that Finny created. Finny successfully creates his own separate peace by creating a fantasy world. .
             After a period of guilty tension, Gene and Finny decide to create their own peace. After Gene shakes Finny out of the tree, he feels the guilt start to build. He is reluctant to be honest with Finny about his accident, and because of that his guilt jumps to another level. The doctor interrupts Gene as he tries to tell Finny at the hospital that he is responsible him falling out of the tree. This problem between them builds until Gene tells Finny the truth. After that, Finny forgives him, and they resume their friendship. .
             In this novel, A Separate Peace is shown through different examples. Almost all the characters in this novel have created their own peace so they can ignore the war, and other things that might be going on. A separate peace for some is what resolves a problem that can have an effect on someone's life. These are examples of how the title gives you a preview into the book.
            


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1. Separate Peace meaning

The title, A Separate Peace, means that the school is the peace away from the war that is going on. ... A Separate Peace is filled with examples about the meaning of the title. ... This hits Gene and the reader hard on what the title really means because it shows that once they leave this peace at school it is a matter of surviving in the war. In conclusion, A Separate Peace signifies the school being a safe haven providing a peace away from the war to the students. ... The school is that last place that Gene could ever be at peace if the war continues....

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  • Grade Level: High School

2. A Separate Peace

Separate Peace In John Knowles book A Separate Peace he communicates how the war in him was taking its toll on him. ... (Knowles, 32) This is what Gene stands for in the book A Separate Peace. ... This is the start of a separate peace. ... This is like Finny's world of a separate peace. ... "Peace has deserted Devon" (Knowles, 64) this is the title of chapter six. ...

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3. The Munich Conference

After World War I the Treaty of Versailles was the most important treaty of the Peace of Paris, for it spelled the details of the Allied peace settlement with Germany. ... Separate peace agreements were signed with Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary and Turkey. ... When he had absolute power he took the title of Der Fuhrer, or "the leader"; his government was called the Third Reich and his main aim was to restore Germany's military might to which he ignored the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles: he began to increase the army size, began producing weapons and wanted to expand Germany's t...

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4. Summary on the Declaration of Independence

Even without analyzing the title of the document, it gives its purpose away. ... The original purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to simply announce the decision of the states to separate from England and form their own union. ... It states, "We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends" (81). ...

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5. Master Harold Plot

*The title is significant in that it relates directly to Athol Fugard. ... *The play is set in 1950 in South Africa when the apartheid regime kept most of its people separate. ... Hally wants to teach Sam academics and politics, while Sam wants to teach Hally to see the beauty and simplistic peace in life and how to treat other humanely. ...

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6. Sir Thomas Malory

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7. Believing in Nothing

Prior to Dee's arrival, Mama briefly expresses her sentiments about being closer to her daughter, Dee, yet accepts the reality that their lives are separated by an insurmountable chasm. ... Inferiority also seems to play a role in separating Mama and Maggie from Dee. ... The story ends abruptly with Dee's jaded departure while Mama and Maggie once again enjoy peace, quiet and "checkerberry snuff." ... Dee's love for her heritage and family was theoretical; while, Maggie, on the other hand, experiential displayed love for her family through everyday living, hence the title. ...

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8. Book report on A seperate Piece by John Knowles

My book is entitled A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles. The copyright date is 1959, and this book contains 196 pages. The scene takes place in the Devon School, in New Hampshire. It is the summer of 1942 (World War II) and America is at war. The plot is about a sixteen year old boy, Gen...

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  • Grade Level: High School

9. Conflict in N. Ireland

Table of Contents Title Page 1 Table of Contents 2 Historical Perspective of the Conflict (Ron Peace) 3 - 5 An Overview of the Current Situation (Ron Peace) 6 - 7 An Examination of U.S. ... The movement started in 1870 with it's primary objective being that of the creation of a separate Irish Parliament to govern domestic affairs. The topic became a hot bed of political debate for next forty years with the Protestants wanting to keep their alliance with Britain, and vowing to violently resist any initiative that would separate Ireland from Mo...

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