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        <title><![CDATA[How does the allusion of the abominable snowman, Lazarus, garden of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does the allusion of the abominable snowman, Lazarus, garden of eden, ten commandments have an effect on the story or chapter?

 
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:09:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Blitzkrieg is a term for a style of warfare invented by the Germans. It...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Blitzkrieg is a term for a style of warfare invented by the Germans. It involves an all-out assault on the enemy. Finny's idea of "blitzkrieg ball" involves an all-out assault on anyone  Finny decides needs to be attacked. The invention of "blitzkrieg ball" situates the boys' games in the larger context of WWII. Although at first the boys' lives are not directly affected, the war stands as an ever-threatening shadow, coloring their time and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:51:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In a rather unexpected move, it is Leper that enlists in the war...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a rather unexpected move, it is Leper that enlists in the war first.  Leper, enchanted by the war films about the "ski rescue troops," enlisted in the army, with hopes and dreams about skiing throughout Europe, enjoying the scenery and slopes, all in the glorious pursuit of rescuing lost souls from the war.  Leper, the nerdy kid who loves science and nature, watching beavers and being alone, seems like the last person cut out to fight in...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:07:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "A Separate Peace," who is the first boy at Devon school to enlist in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "A Separate Peace," who is the first boy at Devon school to enlist in the war?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:26:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does the allusion of blitzkrieg have an effect on the story/chapter?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does the allusion of blitzkrieg have an effect on the story/chapter?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:05:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Because the novel is set during World War II and is intrinsically...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Because the novel is set during World War II and is intrinsically connected to the war, historical allusions play a major role in the book.
Historical allusions: In Chapter 2, Finny discusses the bombing of Central Europe with the professors and their wives (26). Similarly, when Finny creates his own game in the same chapter, he decides to name it "blitzball" (37) in connection with the Blitzkrieg (Germany's lightning-fast invasion of Poland)....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:01:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are some specific allusions in A Separate Peace?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are some specific allusions in A Separate Peace?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:57:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[These negative traits come out in Gene's character profile:

insecure...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[These negative traits come out in Gene's character profile:

insecure
withdrawn
envious
melancholic
proud

However, Gene has some positive points, too. He is ambitious, hardworking (studious), and reflective.  He has a natural complicity in friendship, which to him means more that superficial relationships with peers.  He would have been loyal, too, had not the competitive and envious streak in him got the best of him in a moment of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:23:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are 5 adjectives that describe Gene Forrester?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are 5 adjectives that describe Gene Forrester?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:09:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Brinker claims that Gene feels pity for Finny, because he caused Finny...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Brinker claims that Gene feels pity for Finny, because he caused Finny accident. Before Finny returns, Gene is planning on enlisting with Brinker, &amp; they agree to enlist together upon graduation. Because Finny is gone, Gene is more open to the influence of others, and Brinker's rather heavy-handed accusation of his guilt in Finny's accident makes him ready to go along with whatever Brinker suggests. Without Finny, Gene feels as though he...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:06:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What reason does Brinker give for Gene's decision not to enlist?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What reason does Brinker give for Gene's decision not to enlist?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:15:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[To paraphrase text involves the restatement of a passage giving the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[To paraphrase text involves the restatement of a passage giving the meaning in another form. This usually involves expanding the original text so as to make it clear.
The main characters are 16 in the summer of 1942. They're still in boarding school, but many of the teachers have relaxed rules and standards. Gene (the narrator) suggets that this may be because the teenagers remind the adults that there may still be a chance for peace, a chance...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:41:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Although John Knowles's novel "A Separate Peace" was published in 1959,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Although John Knowles's novel "A Separate Peace" was published in 1959, it is set in 1942.  As its title suggests, the events and mood of the book are heavily influenced by World War II.
None of the boys seen in the book have actually been in the war, given that they are too young.  Even so, the knowledge that the war is going on affects them and the American war effort affects their daily lives.
I would paraphrase the line you cite as:
The...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:45:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can you help me paraphrase the line "we could be thought of as a sign of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can you help me paraphrase the line "we could be thought of as a sign of the life the war was being fought to preserve."]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:37:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[is this situational irony or dramatic irony??]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/a-separate-peace/q-and-a/reasons-why-finny-s-fall-from-tree-ironic-24523</link>
        <description><![CDATA[is this situational irony or dramatic irony??]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:33:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I believe that gene is most definatly an unreliable narrator. there are...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I believe that gene is most definatly an unreliable narrator. there are many lies through out the novel. gene is a twisted charactor. Following is a charator anayasis i wrote (only parts) please feel free to comment;
While reading the novel, A Separate Peace, you realize that Gene is not a narrator to be trusted. For instance, Gene is always putting characteristics that are not there in people. He calls Finny “jealous’ and also calls Leper...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:52:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[do u go to Ramapo high school in franklin lakes
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        <description><![CDATA[do u go to Ramapo high school in franklin lakes
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:25:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What question and answer could you ask about a separate peace by john...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What question and answer could you ask about a separate peace by john knowles and it relates to the sentence structure ?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[It is, indeed, interesting that John Knowles's "A Separate Peace" is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is, indeed, interesting that John Knowles's "A Separate Peace" is told by a first-person narrator who does not have the usual intimacy with the action of the story.  Because the narrative is told by an older, more mature Gene Forrester, who is now removed from the action, there is, as critic Ronald Weber writes,

A highly calculated effect,....It indicates a sharply different thematic intention, and one that is rooted in a skillful...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:27:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: the use of narration in "A Separate Peace": Use three quotes...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[RE: the use of narration in "A Separate Peace": Use three quotes explaining how this adds to our understanding of the novel, theme and characters]]></description>
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