A Separate Peace Study Guide Chapter 1 1. What is the point of view of the novel?
1st person 2. How long has it been since the narrator left the Devon School?15 yrs 3. Where is Devon located?New Hampshire 4.
What “fearful sites” does the narrator visit? Stone steps of First Academy building and tree by river 5. During what season of the year does the narrator return to Devon? In what season of the year does the action of the narrator’s remembrance begin? Fall (November) Summer (flashback begins in summer) 6. What is the year of the action that the narrator is recalling?
(time frame for flashback) 1942 7. Who jumps from the tree? Finny (Phineas first – then Gene) 8. Why is the jump from the tree dangerous?
Had to jump out (not straight down from limb) in order to hit water 9. How does the narrator feel about jumping from the tree? He is afraid Chapter 2 1. Prud’homme stop at the boys’ room? They had missed dinner 2. Prud’homme react as he does to Finny’s explanation of why he and the narrator missed dinner?
He was surprised, but had to laugh 3. What is the “emblem” ‘that Finny wears? Pink shirt 4.
What does the “emblem” mean to Finny? Celebrating the fact that the Allies bombed Central Europe 5. Where do Finny and the narrator go to tea, and at whose invitation? Patch-Withers (Headmaster for summer) at his house 6. What does Finny use for a belt?
School tie 7. What does Finny propose they do after leaving the tea?jump from tree 8. Why do you think they call their club “The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session?
Because the jump is dangerous – call it suicide 9. How does Finny save the narrator’s life at the end of the chapter? Gene loses his balance in the tree and Finny grabbed his arm to balance him (they were jumping together) Chapter 3 1. How often does the Super Suicide Society meet?
What are the first three of Finny’s commandments? “Never say you are five feet nine when you are five feet eight and a. A Separate Peace- Study guide Chapter 1: What two locations- which he describes as “fearful’- does the narrator visit? How does he describe each? The narrator describes the marble staircase and the tree as “fearful” sites, he describes the marble staircase as being “unusually hard” and “not very deep” (3), and the tree as having “certain small scars rising along its trunk’ and as the tree being “the giants of your childhood” (6).
What is suggested by the tone of the opening section of the novel? The opening section of the novel uses diction like “fear”, “lifeless, “self-pitying”, which conveys a negative tone, which informs the reader that the author (Gene) has a fear and is terrified of the Devon school. What is implied when the narrator considers “how far (his) convalescence had gone”? When the narrator sais “how far (his) convalescence had gone”, he’s implying that he’s been injured and is going through the process of his body repairing itself. Consider the narrator’s reflection that, “Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence.” What do all of the clues provided most likely suggest? When the author said that “not even a death by violence”, he’s suggesting/ foreshadowing the death of a character in the story.
How do the weather and the time of year emphasize the mood of the opening section? The author describes the time of year as “a raw, nondescript time of year, toward the end of. What nursing action is required b4 you measure fundal height= empty bladder full bladder make the fundal height higher.
What should a nurse do to prevent heat loss from evaporation= dry them up and remove the wet linen. Child with cephalohematoma. What condition is associated with cephalohemetoma = jaundice 4. Why do we perform gestational age in a baby= to identify developmental level 5. What kind of exam do we perform to access for gestational age = ballot score 6.
A baby has been circumcised a mother called the unit and complains that she saw a yellow crust on the penile area what do you tell the mother=Normal 7. You are teaching a mom how to use a bulb syringe what will you tell her to do= tilt babies head to the side and sanction the check 8. You are providing umbilical cord care, what will you do to provide this care= dye, open, dry, to prevent infection. You have a patient who is breast feeding you want to prevent nipple trauma what will you teach= latching on, make sure the oriole is in the baby mouth and the baby is sucking onto it. And the baby is not sucking the nipple.
When babies have jaundice and are placed on a phototherapy why should we make sure that they have fluid and they get fed= prevent dehydration, hypoglycemia and promote growth 11. A neonate that was born 4hours after delivery mother is diabetic and some of the signs and symptoms is that the baby is jittery = hypoglycemia, check blood sugar and feed them 12.because his “curse” is of high disapproval because they believe that no one should learn faster that his “brothers” and if one of them is “dumb” all of them need to be “dumb” along with his brothers, and Vice- Versa. Equality doesn’t except the moral teachings of society. In fact he does man things to go against it. He even admits in the novel that he really doesn’t care.
“and yet there is no shame in us and no regret. We say to ourselves that we are a wretch and a traitor. But we feel no burden upon our spirit and no fear in our heart. And it seems to us that our spirit is clear as a lake troubled by no eyes save those of the sun. And in our heart there is the peace we have known in twenty years.” This is an excerpt from the end of chapter one that shows although Equality knows that he has committed sins he is at peace even in his wrong doings. The home of the Infants is the place where you live until you are 5 years old with all the children of the city who had been born the same year everything was clean and white.
The home of the students is the place where there are ten wards, for there ten years of learning. Men must learn till they reach their fifteenth year. The home of the street sweepers is for all of the street sweepers, and it is Equality’s home after he was given a career by the council of scholars. The home of the useless is the place where everyone goes at the age of 40. Council of Vocations decides your job/ mandate.English IV Beowulf Study Guide Answer each question below in detail in your binder. What is the setting of the first part of the epic? Herot (Hrothgar’s mead hall) 2.
What familiar story is told by the speaker in the first 12 lines of the poem? Creation myth (Genesis) 3. How was Grendel conceived (created), and where is he required to live? Created by monsters descended from Cain. In a hell on earth; swamp; lair 4. In lines 23-29 what universal theme in literature is introduced for this poem?
Describe Grendel’s attack on Herot Hall. How long have the attacks gone on as the story opens? What time of day does Grendel appear? What does he symbolize? Grendel attacks at night. He snatches up thirty men, bashes them and takes their bodies to his lair.
Grendel symbolizes evil. What is the tone in lines 44-49 and what words help to convey (express) that tone? Tone is sorrowful, sad; “wept,” “fearing,” “joyless,” “mourning” 7. What measures did Hrothgar and his men use in their attempt to stop Grendel? He tried to pay Grendel to stay away; secret meetings; made sacrifices to the old gods 8. What part of Herot does Grendel avoid and why? Hrothgar’s throne; He can’t touch it because it is protected by God.
What element of paganism is seen in Hrothgar’s people? Made sacrifices to the old gods. What religion is the scop who tells this story? Find evidence in lines 90-100.Brittany Schafer September 21, 2012 Period 4 A Separate Peace Final Draft In the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles, it relates to a complicated friendship of two young boys Gene and Phineas. Gene is jealous of Phineas’ achievements and lets his anger destroy their relationship. The boys at Devon in the summer of 1942 have to deal with the fear World War II brings.
Each time the boys feel safe and peaceful, reality sets in and reminds them of the warfare around them. The boy’s mental stability is tested by the struggles of school and the causes of their actions.
John Knowles’ A Separate Peace displays how fear, warfare, and friendship can affect a person’s innocence and youth. Fear has affected Gene and made him paranoid with his friendship and war throughout the entire book. When Gene visits Leper after finding out Leper has escaped the war, Gene will not listen to Leper explain that he is insane. Gene tells Leper to shut up about the war and runs away crying because Gene is scared Leper has gone crazy. We know that Gene is frightened by what his friend has become by saying, “Do you think I want to hear every gory detail! Shut up!This has nothing to do with me! Nothing at all!
I don’t care!” (143) Just when Gene thought he had made the war less dreadful, his own best friend has gone mad because of it. Gene is fearful in the Assembly Room when Brinker accuses Gene of.Jealousy is Murderous Desire Many times, a friendship between two people contains a large amount of jealousy. Jealousy and envy are the cause to many dead friendships and relationships. It can lead to blindness and can provoke a person to attempt something they would not usually do. Jealousy can evoke enmity and drive people do dangerous things by sudden blind impulse.
In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Gene Forrester is a boy who has always been jealous of his best friend Finny for his athletic prowess and natural leadership abilities. Gene looks at Finny with eyes full of envy while Finny only looks to Gene as a best friend.
Gene desires to match up with Finny by using make use of his academic talents and placing first out of his whole class. As they are standing on a tree branch one day ready to take a dive into the water, Gene comes to a sudden realization that Finny is not the least bit bothered by the fact that he might be the top student in their class. A rush of irritation and blind impulse overtakes Gene and he jounces the limb of the tree, causing Finny to fall down, break his leg, and partake in a fall that ultimately leads to his death. Although there are many other factors contributing to Finny’s death, such as Brinker’s stubborn nature, Leper’s ignorance, and Stanpole’s carelessness, the preeminent cause of Finny’s death is Gene’s jealousy and envy. A major contributing factor to Finny’s death is Brinker’s.A Separate Peace by John Knowles, is a book is about a group of friends in their high school years that are on a journey to reach manhood but have to deal with many problems on the way. The major problem is the fear of being drafted into the war.
The main characters Gene and Finny are best friends but experience many issues on the way to becoming best friends. The other two kids in their group, Leper and Brinker are also facing many problems from the war.
The story is a flashback with Gene narrating it, and is talking about his highschool years at the Devon School. The major thing it emphasizes is how the war completely changes the boys at Devon.
Gene, Finny, and Leper pick up new characteristics as a result, that impact their lives. There are also problems like Finny breaking his leg and Leper becoming psychotic. These issues are mostly negative and make an interesting novel, with a lot of ups and downs. Finny’s life goes from near perfect to terrible as a result of the upcoming war and important terrifying events. Finny also called Phineas is Gene’s best friend. When we first meet him he is happy, outgoing, and athletic. He is a great all around boy that everyone wants to be like.
This is a quote from the beginning of the novel when they were about to jump of the tree. “He of course saw nothing the slightest bit intimidating about it. He wouldn’t, or wouldn’t admit it if he did. Not Phineas.” (Knowles 14). This passage shows that Finny.
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We'll occasionally send you account related and promo emails. Where is Devon located? New Hampshire 4. What “fearful sites” does the narrator visit? Stone steps of First Academy building and tree by river 5.
During what season of the year does the narrator return to Devon? In what season of the year does the action of the narrator’s remembrance begin? Fall (November) Summer (flashback begins in summer) 6. What is the year of the action that the narrator is recalling?
(time frame for flashback) 1942 7. Who jumps from the tree? Finny (Phineas first – then Gene) 8. Why is the jump from the tree dangerous? Had to jump out (not straight down from limb) in order to hit water 9. How does the narrator feel about jumping from the tree?
He is afraid Chapter 2 1. Prud’homme stop at the boys’ room? They had missed dinner 2. Prud’homme react as he does to Finny’s explanation of why he and the narrator missed dinner? He was surprised, but had to laugh 3. What is the “emblem” ‘that Finny wears? Pink shirt 4.
What does the “emblem” mean to Finny? Celebrating the fact that the Allies bombed Central Europe 5. Where do Finny and the narrator go to tea, and at whose invitation? Patch-Withers (Headmaster for summer) at his house 6. What does Finny use for a belt?
School tie 7. What does Finny propose they do after leaving the tea?
Jump from tree 8. Why do you think they call their club “The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session? Because the jump is dangerous – call it suicide 9. How does Finny save the narrator’s life at the end of the chapter?
Gene loses his balance in the tree and Finny grabbed his arm to balance him (they were jumping together) Chapter 3 1. How often does the Super Suicide Society meet? What are the first three of Finny’s commandments? “Never say you are five feet nine when you are five feet eight and a half. ” “Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out there is a God. ” “You always win at sports. What is the name of the game that Finny invents?
What Devon sports record does Finny break? Free Style Swimming 5. Why doesn’t Finny want anyone to know he broke the school record?
He just did it to see if he could –swimming in pools isn’t real swimming anyway 6. How long do the boys stay at the beach? What is the narrator’s first name? Gene Chapter 4 1.
How does a night spent on the beach help solidify the friendship between Gene and Finny? Finny tells Gene that he is his best friend 2. What causes the narrator to fail his trigonometry test?
He didn’t study – went to the beach 3. Why does Finny think the narrator doesn’t have to study to make good grades? Finny thought Gene was naturally smart – that he did not have to study – as Finny was naturally an athlete – did not have to work at being good at physical activities 4. Why does Finny tell Gene not to attend the meeting, but to stay in and study? He wanted him to do well on his test 5.
Gene’s secret is that he wants to be valedictorian. Why does he withhold this from Finny?
He doesn’t trust Finny – he thinks Finny is trying to keep him from being the best at academics 6. What causes Finny to fall from the tree? Gene jounces the limb 7. What is the difference between the narrator’s words, “my knees bent,” and the more active construction, “I bent my knees?
” It almost seems like it was unconscious – like a force from outside made Gene do it Chapter 5 1. What was Finny’s injury after falling from the tree? Badly broken leg 2. According to Dr. Stanpole, what is the “tragedy” of Finny’s injury? He would never play sports again 3.
Why does Gene begin to dress in Finny’s clothes? In order to stay closer to Finny who was recuperating, Gene “becomes” Finny 4.
What does Finny say caused him to fall? Must have lost his balance. He has a strange feeling that Gene might have caused this, but does not allow himself to think that 5. Why can’t Finny remember what really happened at the tree? What is Finny’s fourth commandment? “Never accuse a friend of a crime if you only have a feeling he did it 7.
Where does Gene visit Finny after he returns from summer vacation? At Finny’s house in Boston 8. How does Finny react when Gene tells Finny what actually caused the fall? Gets angry – refuses to believe him – tells him “I’ll kill you if you don’t shut up! ” Chapter 6 1. Hoes does the fall session differ from the summer session? Much stricter rules – more students – teachers much firmer 2.
Pike dressed on the opening day of school? Naval uniform 3. What two rivers flow through Devon? Devon (fresh water – tree they jumped from) and Naguamsett (river where rowing crew practiced – ugly – salt water – slow moving) 4. How are the two rivers different?
What job does Gene apply for? Assistant crew manager for rowing team 6. With whom doe Gene fight?
Quackenbush 7. What are the causes for the fight? Quackenbush insults him and when Gene tells him he doesn’t know anything about him, Quackenbush calls him a “maimed son-of-a-bitch. Ludsbury call the “old boys”?
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Boys who had been at summer session who should have known school rules – like Gene, Finny, Leper, etc. Who calls Gene on the telephone at the end of the chapter?
Why does Gene no longer want to participate in sports? Because Finny can not Chapter 7 1. Why doesn’t Gene have a roommate? Because Finny has not returned 2. Describe Brinker. Leader of class – well dressed – six feet tall – very political 3. Where do the boys go to smoke?
Describe the tone of the conversation in the Butt Room. Accusatory 5.
What are the two things the students do to help the war effort? Picked apples (most of workers were at war) and dug out the rail lines when snow covered them and trains could not get through 6. What is Leper doing when Gene first encounters him in this chapter? Skiing – just traveling around – no particular objective 7.
How does Gene feel about Leper? Thought he was different – nutty – but he avoided making fun of him since he had gotten to know him 8.
What causes Gene and Brinker to want to enlist? It seemed unreal to be at peace, doing purposeless things when there was a war on – with Gene, it was a way to get away from his guilt over causing Finny’s accident 9. Whom does the narrator find in his room when he returns? Finny Chapter 8 1.
Why are there no maids at Devon when Finny returns? War – maids were needed for more important wok 2.
Where do the narrator and Finny go when they cut class? To the gym 3. How does Finny feel about Gene’s proposed enlistment?
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He is upset 4. Who does Finny feel has “made up” the war? “fat old men” 5. Why doesn’t Finny believe there is really a war? Thinks the war is made up to make more money for those who already have a lot of money (real reason is because Finny can not join) 6.
What does Finny say he is training Gene for? 1944 Olympics 7. Why does Finny say “no” to Mr.
Ludsbury’s comment that all exercise must be aimed at the war effort? He is pretending that there was no war – Mr. Ludsbury has no answer Chapter 9 1. Why did Leper spend the night on Mt. Katahdin in Maine? So he could be where the sun first rose and touched the land in the US 2.
What causes Leper to enlist? He wanted to join ski troops – thought that would be better than waiting to be drafted 3. Why do the ski troops appeal so much to Leper? Wear white – off by themselves 4. What is the name of the celebration Finny organized? Winter Carnival 5.
To who is Leper’s telegram addressed? Gene Chapter 10 1. Where is the narrator going when he leaves Devon? Leper’s house in Vermont 2. What is the tone the narrator uses to describe the state he visits?
What details from the text help stablish that tone? Cold – frozen – chilled – desolate stopping places in blackness, etc. When Leper says “I escaped,” to what is he referring? From the army 4. Why does Leper accuse Gene of causing Finny’s fall?
Because Gene said he didn’t understand what Leper was talking about and he (Leper) thought Gene felt Leper was crazy. He said that Gene was “ a savage underneath.
What does Gene do to Leper when he gets angry with him? Kicked him, called him “stupid crazy bastard” and was about to leave when Leper’s mother asked him to stay. Describe Leper’s hallucinations. Brinker’s face on a woman’s body, arm of a chair turned into a human arm, broom turned into a man’s leg that had been cut off 7. What does Gene do when Leper tells him the details of his hallucinations? Tells him to “shut up and that he doesn’t care what happened to him, and he left Chapter 11 1. When Gene returns to Vermont, what does he find Finny doing?
Snowball fight 2. What pictures do the two boys have on the walls over their cots? Roosevelt-Churchill meeting over Finny’s bed; picture of southern mansions over Gene’s 3. What makes Finny admit that the war is real? If war made Leper crazy, must be real 4.
Who does Finny see ducking into Mr. Carhart’s office? What is the Latin inscription over the main door of the First Building?
“here boys come to be made men. According to Brinker, who are the two casualties at Devon? Finny and Leper 7. In the course of the “trial,” Finny’s memory of the accident changes several times. What are his memories? He remembers losing his balance, no one in tree, then maybe someone climbing rungs of tree, maybe Gene on bank looking up, then both up in the tree 8. Why does Finny become angry and leave the Assembly Room?
Leper said that Gene made the limb move – like a piston of an engine – up and down 9. What happens to Finny when he runs out of the room? He falls on stairs and breaks leg again 10. Why doesn’t Finny believe in books or teachers, but feels he has to believe in Gene?
Gene is his friend. Chapter 12 1. How do the boys move Finny to Dr. Stanpole’s car? They wrapped him in a blanket and carried 2. What is Phil Latham’s favorite expression? “Give it the old college try” 3.
What does Finny accuse Gene of when he comes to the window? Coming to break something else in him 4. Where does Gene spend the night after the second accident? Under the stadium 5. What is the “blind impulse” Finny says Gene had? To make Finny fall 6.
Why does Gene say Finny wouldn’t by any good in a war? He can’t hate 7. How does Finny die? Blood clot hits his heart when dr.
Is setting his leg 8. Why does the narrator feel that Finny’s funeral is his own? Because he is so close to Finny, it was like he himself has died. Chapter 13 1. What are the soldiers carrying in their Jeeps as they arrive on the Devon campus? Sewing machines 2. What is the subject of Mr.
Hadley’s discussion with Brinker and Gene? Enlisting in armed forces 3. Why does Brinker’s father want the boys to think carefully about enlistment?
People will respect you later for your service 4. Who does Brinker say is the cause of the war? His father’s generation 5. Why does Gene think that cleaning out his locker is a more significant end to his schooling than getting a diploma? It meant his high school days and life with Finny were over 6.
Why doesn’t Gene ever develop a hatred for his enemy? Who (or what) is his enemy? He had used all his hatred and killed it at school – his hatred was his jealousy of Finny.
The author, like his narrator, was from the south (West Virginia, to be exact), and sent off to an uppercrust boarding school in New England for polish before university. However, unlike Gene, Knowles was no academic whiz at boarding school; he came close to flunking out of school, and was never the genius student that Gene is portrayed as being. The novel is a largely autobiographical work, drawing on Knowles' experience at Exeter to create the Devon school. Like Gene, Knowles attended a summer session at school to make up some classes; however, the year was 1943, not 1942, as it is in his novel. Other than that, the summer session that Knowles describes in the book was very much akin to the summer session that he attended at Exeter. 'We really did have a club whose members jumped from the branch of a very high tree into the river as initiation,' Knowles has said of his book: 'the only elements in A Separate Peace which were not in that summer were anger, envy, violence, and hatred.' In Knowles' far more benign summer, 'There was only friendship, athleticism, and loyalty.'
But the atmosphere at Exeter was similar to what he describes for Devon; they both share an old, ivy-covered campus, with great beautiful trees, and the same New England weather. The summers at Exeter and the fictional Devon were also similar in their carefree atmosphere, their warm, summery beauty, and in the amount of enjoyment the handful of students took from these summers., like Gene, also had a real counterpart; Knowles based the character on David Hackett, who was actually a student at a different school, Milton Academy. However, David was at Exeter for the summer session on which the novel is based, and was a founding member of the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session, which was a real club, and very much like the one described in the novel. David and Knowles were not roommates, but lived across the hall, and became very close as the session progressed.
David was a good friend of Bobby Kennedy, and later held a position with Bobby in the Justice department. Whether Gene's jealousy of and competitiveness with Finny was also based on the relationship on David Hackett and John Knowles is unknown, though Mr. Knowles, through his own description of the summer session on which his book is based, would seem to defuse any such theory. Knowles has admitted that 'it is true that I put part of myself into all four main characters in A Separate Peace: Phineas, Gene, Leper, and Brinker.' Brinker, like Phineas and Gene, had a real-life source in Gore Vidal, who was a top-notch student at Exeter during the time that Knowles was a student. Although he and Gore were not close friends during their time at school, Knowles does believe in retrospect that he did a good job in distilling the essence of who he believed Gore Vidal to be, into the character of Brinker. Leper has no particular model according to Knowles, but is an amalgamation of a certain type of person whom he runs across repeatedly.
The tragedy of Finny's death was modeled on the death of Bob Tait, a student at Exeter who died in the same manner, on the operating table and as a result of bone marrow escaping into the blood-stream. Knowles was saddened by these events as a senior at the school, and knew Tait to be a kind and gentle person, much as Finny is in the book.
The war had as much of an impact on Exeter life as it did at Devon; Knowles has discussed, as Gene does in the book, how teachers were drawn away from the school by the war effort, and how the students began doing a great many things 'for the war.' Knowles, like Gene, also had to suffer through the ordeal of crowded, late trains to get back to school. Unlike Gene, however, Knowles was a decently good athlete, participating mostly in swimming; he never achieved the superhuman feats that Finny attains in the novel, but he was no slouch either. Although the book is mostly based on real events from Knowles' life, still remember that this book is not a work of non-fiction. Knowles himself says that the characters, even those that he bases on real people, are a hodgepodge of different traits and qualities, and many of the dramatic conflicts of the book are not based upon real events, but were invented for the sake of the story. Louisiana physical science study guide. The inspiration and the fuel for Knowles' book was taken directly from his own life experience, but this does not mean that it is solely Knowles' experience that makes up the meat of the events of the book.
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