A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries
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Chapter 1: The narrator (Gene) returns to the Devon School in New Hampshire,
that he graduated from 15 years earlier. He goes to a certain tree and switches
back to the past. Phineas dares everyone to jump from a branch in the tree into
the river. Phineas, and Gene both jump. On the way back Phine ....
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.... breaks the schools swimming record, but tells Gene
not to tell anyone, he just wanted to do it for himself. Gene and Phineas of
campus to the ocean to swim. They have a drink at the bar, the spend the night
on the beach, and Phineas tells Gene he is his best pal. Gene is not sure if he
feels the same.
Chapter 4: Gene and Finny (Phineas) wake up and head back to Devon. Gene fails
his trigonometry examination for the first time. Finny tells Gene that he
studies too much. Gene thinks Finny i ....
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