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A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries - Term Papers

A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries

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 Phineas and Gene play
fight so that they are late for dinner.

Chapter 2:Mr. Prud'homme, a master, stops by the boys' room to scold them for
missing dinner again for the ninth time in two weeks. Phineas explains that they
were late because they were jumping out of the tree to toughen up for the war.
Mr Prud'homme, accepts the explanation because, he, and everyone else, feel
sorry for the boys that ...

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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 is jealous. Gene wants to earn the
Scholastic Achievement Citation to get even with Finny. Gene knows that Finny
must be best and that he cannot be best if Gene becomes even with him through
his studies. Gene decides that he and Finny are locked in a complete enmity
rather than friendship. Finny announces Leper's intention to jump from the tree
and coazes Gene away from his studies. Gene and Finny are going to jump together,
Finny falls to the ground, then Gene jumps into the river.

Chapter 5: Finny has a shattered leg. Gene bears private guilt. He puts on
Finny's clothes and the sensation excites him. Dr. Stanpole, the school
physician, informs Gene that Finny wants to see him. Finny recalls the fall, ...

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that war is boring, and Devon continues in peace. Many of the
Devon boys volunteer to shovel snow out of the railroad tracks. Brinker
announces that he is enlisting. Gene thinks about enlisting as well, but his
thoughts are put on hold, when he returns and find Phineas waiting for him.

Chapter 8:Gene explains to Finny that there are no maids because of the war.
Finny has a quiet vision of peace. Finny begins to coach Gene in preperation for
the 1944 Olympics. Finny is convinced that there really is no war at all. He
thinks a bunch of fat men fabricated the whole idea of a war. Gene tries to
forget about the war and concentrate on the Olympics. Mr. Ludsbury exlpains that
all exercise is ...

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