A Separate Peace
Beginning of paper
“…It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart.”
The background of “” is the Second World War and the focus of book is a group of sixteen-year-old boys who are moving towards a wa ....
Middle of paper
.... beginning of this novel Gene is very “Ignorant” of his heart. He constantly lies, not only to others but also to him self. Finny on the other hand is a very honest person, he never lies about anything to make him sound or feel better about himself. An example of this is the incident where the boys are asked their height and Genes says he is 5’9 and Finny corrects him by saying, “no your five foot eight and a half, the same as me.” This quote shows the honesty that Finny possesses an ....
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Word count: 991
Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
