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A common phrase is "boys will be boys", but what would happen if boys could be girls? That idea is the center of this report. Could the story, A Separate Peace, be kept basically the same if the key characters were changed from male to female? I think that idea is true. The lessons that can be derived from the story would be mostly the same, however the plot would change completely. A Separate Peace is about the trials and hardships in the life of Gene and Phineas during the fall and summer sessions at Devon school. When the book opens, we are introduced to Gene, the narrator as he starts to spin his woeful story. The reader gets the impression that there were things that Gene wasn"'"t all that proud of in his past. As the book goes on, we find out that Gene is a conservative person who doesn"'"t really like to go against the crowd. Gene character is meant to contrast directly with Phineas. Finny is Gene"'"s best friend. Finny is outgoing and fun and likes to challenge himself just for the challenge.. "He had won and been proud to win the Galbraith Football Trophy and the Contact Sport award.....(chapter 4)" This quote from chapter four sums up a part of Finny"'"s personality. Finny loved sports, athletics and being the best. He liked to challenge himself and sports was one outlet of his energy. The idea that starts the whole book is the idea of war. The older students jumped out of a certain tree into a river as a form of getting ready for war. Finny decided that he, too, was going to jump out of the tree. After he jumped, Gene felt like he must also, to prove that he is as brave as Finny. He and Finny are the only two who jump out of the tree. They form a special club named the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session.
Approximate Word count = 1259
Approximate Pages = 5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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