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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