[DOC] [TLE] A Separate Peace - Wikipedia [PAR] A Separate Peace (1959) is a coming-of-age novel by John Knowles. Based on 
his earlier short story, "Phineas," it was Knowles' first published novel and 
became his best-known work. Set against the backdrop of World War II, A 
Separate Peace explores ... Gene Forrester, the protagonist, returns to his old 
prep school, Devon (a... [DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: A Separate Peace: Chapter 1 [PAR] A summary of Chapter 1 in John Knowles's A Separate Peace. ... Gene Forrester, 
the narrator of the story, returns to the Devon School in New ... while World War II 
raged in Europeand decides to visit the two places that he ... He reflects that 
this tree now seems so much smaller than it did during his .... Take a Study Break! [DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: A Separate Peace: Key Facts [PAR] A list of important facts about John Knowles's A Separate Peace, including setting
, ... setting (place)  The Devon School, an exclusive New England academy ... 
down the stairs and breaks his leg again; Finny dies during the operation on his 
leg. ... symbols  World War II; the summer and winter sessions at Devon; Finny's 
fall. [DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: A Separate Peace: Chapter 13 [PAR] A summary of Chapter 13 in John Knowles's A Separate Peace. ... The school 
year draws to a close, and Gene's class graduates. ... same sort of regimentation, 
but he is glad that it will not take place for him at Devon. ... He says that he never 
killed anyone during his time in the militarythat his war was fought at Devon 
and... [DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: A Separate Peace: Chapter 11 [PAR] A summary of Chapter 11 in John Knowles's A Separate Peace. ... He adds that 
bones are often stronger in the places where they have once broken. ... One day, 
Brinker takes him aside and tells him that he knows that Gene has ... Though 
Finny doesn't believe in Caesar, he does finally admit the existence of World War 
II. [DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: A Separate Peace: Themes, Motifs & Symbols [PAR] A Separate Peace takes place during wartime and is emphatically a novel about 
... Gene himself, though, states that he fought his own war while at Devon and 
killed his enemy there. ... This mindset is evident in the way that he behaves after 
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Set at a boys boarding school in New England during the early years of World 
War II, ..... even though I've never been to an ivy league prep school and I'm not a 
boy. ...... worked to make me identify with the situation where the event took place
. [DOC] [TLE] A Separate Peace - Dictionary definition of A Separate Peace ... [PAR] That A Separate Peace takes place in the first half of the 1940s explains so many 
..... at Devon, a small New England prep school, during the Second World War. [DOC] [TLE] The 50th anniversary of A Separate Peace. - Slate [PAR] Dec 31, 2009 ... Turning 50, the classic still has something to tell us. ... tells the story of World War 
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Question: The prep school classic "A Separate Peace" takes place during this war
Answer: the Second World War