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In A Separate Peace, the author, John Knowles, uses symbolism to give the events in the story new significance and light. ...
The winter carnival represents peace and tranquility within Devon. ... Another example is the fact that the carnival "…was this liberation we had torn from the gray encroachments of 1943, the escape we had concocted, this afternoon of momentary, illusory, special and separate peace" (137). ... The only thing the students care about was the “separate peace” they had created within the school. ... The role of the tree, the staircase, and the winter carnival played in A Separate Peace gives the reader a clear view of the of a deep ocean that stirs within the plot of the novel itself.
Approximate Word count = 561 Approximate Pages = 2.2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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