A Separate Peace

Part I of Essay
is a remarkable story about the relationship between two young students, Gene and Phineas. Their friendship develops through the formation of secret societies and late night card games. A tragic event, at first glance an accident, changes their lives forever. As the story ....

Part II of Essay
.... it an excellent choice for this reading list. Gene Forrester, the main character, is an exceptional student with average athletic skills. Phineas, in contrast, is a poor student and changes from a superb athlete but following a catastrophe struggles to walk again. Leper is a rather flat and one-dimensional. Brinker Hadley, the class politician, is a static character with fixed attitudes and ideas. is a great read. The stories of Phineas and Gene can be a lesson to today’s teenagers as they move into the increasingly complex world about th ....