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        <title><![CDATA[There are a few reasons why Finny is so blindly idealistic:1.  It is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are a few reasons why Finny is so blindly idealistic:1.  It is in his nature to be that way.  He has a fun, pleasant, personality.2.  More realistically, it is because he is in denial; it's a coping strategy.  We find out later in the story that he has applied to be in every division of the army, and has been denied every time (because of his leg).  This rejection, for Finny, who has lived a charmed life where he usually gets what...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:12:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;A Separate Peace&quot;, why does Finny block out anything...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;A Separate Peace&quot;, why does Finny block out anything negative or unpleasant? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:27:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Throughout the story, Finny demonstrates his adverse relationship with...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Throughout the story, Finny demonstrates his adverse relationship with authority in general. While he tends to abide by the given rules in most &quot;official&quot; situations, when he is on his own or spending recreational time, his attitude and actions reflect his dislike of boundaries and structure.Remember, Phineas is the one who instigates most of the hazardous adventures that he and the narrator enjoy. While Finny's life tends to be...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:31:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot; Phineas didn't really dislike West Point, in particular, or...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot; Phineas didn't really dislike West Point, in particular, or authoriy in general, but just considered authority the necessary evil against which happiness was achieved by reaction, the backboard which returned all the insults he threw at it.&quot;  Phineas sort of thumbed his nose at authority.  He knew there were rules that had to be followed, but he also enjoyed walking on the edge between what was supposed to be done, and what he...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:16:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is Phineas' opinion of authority in &quot;A Separate Peace&quot;?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is Phineas' opinion of authority in &quot;A Separate Peace&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:36:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When Phineas brings up the idea of being first in the class...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When Phineas brings up the idea of being first in the class academically, Gene realizes that he harbors every bit as much enmity towards Phineas as he suspects Phineas harbors towards him.Phineas is a great natural athlete but an indifferent scholar, while Gene is quite smart, and not a bad athlete either.  Gene takes his grades seriously and, knowing that he has the capability to excel academically, tries to apply himself dilligently, but...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:20:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What did Gene realize about himself when Phineas brought up the idea of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What did Gene realize about himself when Phineas brought up the idea of being first in class in &quot;Separate Peace&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:21:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Many of the boys at Devon School had threatened to enlist that winter,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Many of the boys at Devon School had threatened to enlist that winter, &quot;but only Leper was serious&quot;.  A few weeks shy of his eighteenth birthday, Leper chose to join the ski troops rather than wait to be drafted.  The results of Leper's fulfillment of his threat to enlist were disastrous.Leper could not stand up under the rigors of military life; he suffered a breakdown and was released with a Section Eight discharge &quot;for the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 3 Nov 2008 21:07:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What emerges from Leper's threats in &quot;A Separate Peace&quot;?    ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What emerges from Leper's threats in &quot;A Separate Peace&quot;?    ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 3 Nov 2008 18:31:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Separate Peace has a dark tone throughout the novel because of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A Separate Peace has a dark tone throughout the novel because of the back and forth feelings that Gene has about Finny.  It's a good vs. evil theme which transpires through the carefree innocence that occurs in the summer time and their feelings of freedom--and then takes the reader through the loss of innocence when not only does Finny get hurt, he eventually dies because of surgery complications.  The tone almost gives off a sense of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:31:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the tone of the story, "A Separate Peace"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the tone of the story, "A Separate Peace"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:56:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;This was the tree, and it seemed to me standing there to resemble...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;This was the tree, and it seemed to me standing there to resemble those men, the giants of your childhood, whom you encounter years later and find that they are not merely smaller in relation to your growth...&quot;This is figurative because the tree is being used as a metaphor for how children perceive adults, and how adults look back on their childhood.  Things that seemed so large/important then seem to shrink with age. &quot;The...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:48:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are 5 quotes that use figurative language in &quot;A Separate...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/separate/q-and-a/what-5-examples-quotes-that-use-figurative-43971</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What are 5 quotes that use figurative language in &quot;A Separate Peace&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:32:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Near the beginning of the story, Gene almost falls off the tree, but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Near the beginning of the story, Gene almost falls off the tree, but just in the nick of time, Finny grabs his hand and saves him from falling off. Gene didn't have to reach out or anything, Finny just grabbed his hand. But, when Finny fell, Gene caused the fall on purpose. As Finny fell, he said that he remembers turning around and reaching out almost as if wanting Gene to catch him, but Gene doesn't. So when Gene mentioned that he almost...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:26:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[As beautiful a character as Phineas is, he fails to understand the world...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As beautiful a character as Phineas is, he fails to understand the world in which he lives.  Gene's reaction to Phineas openly expressing admiration for Gene demonstrates this:&quot;It was a courageous thing to say. Exposing a sincere emotion nakedly like that at the Devon School was the next thing to suicide.&quot;Phineas is living amongst young men who are focused on both machismo and heirarchy.  To be sentimental is to be an outcast and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:31:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ &quot;A Separate Peace&quot;Ch 1 Gene, returns to Devon School...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ &quot;A Separate Peace&quot;Ch 1 Gene, returns to Devon School where &quot;everything slowly changed and slowly harmonized with what had gone before,&quot;  hoping to reach harmony,too.  Then, he comes to &quot;the tree,&quot; where he and Phineas had jumped into the water. This site launches the flashback to the summer of 1942 when Phineas made him his collaborator in mischief. Chapter 2In the wartime summer there is a streak of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:27:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Summarize the plot of the first four chapters of &quot;A Separate...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Summarize the plot of the first four chapters of &quot;A Separate Peace.&quot;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:56:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are some ways that Finny acts naive in &quot;A Separate Peace&quot;?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are some ways that Finny acts naive in &quot;A Separate Peace&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:11:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The war first makes its incursion into the atmosphere at Devon in small...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The war first makes its incursion into the atmosphere at Devon in small ways, &quot;beginning almost humorously with announcements about maids and days spent at apple picking&quot; (Ch.7).  The winter session begins with the reestablishment of rigid discipline and precision.  It is announced that &quot;maids (have) disappeared 'for the Duration'&quot;, and of the returning faculty, Mr. Pike appears &quot;in his Naval ensign's uniform&quot;,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:58:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What details does the author use to show the ways in which war is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What details does the author use to show the ways in which war is changing the atmosphere at Devon in &quot;Separate Peace&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:42:24 PST</pubDate>
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