A separate peace-title?

Question

1st off.

yes i read the book.

2nd- even read notes taken by others on the book.

3rd- Im asked to explain why the title is 'a seperate peace'

in the book they say a couple times that Devon is a 'separate peace' from the war.

but i believe that the reason is because of something to do with Gene and Finny.

like together they created a separate peace together??

its got me stumped.

its got a deeper meaning i know!

Answer 1

This is an incredibly weak work and only survives due to the laziness of English teachers and curriculum specialists in US Public Schools. There are SO many better works for 9-12 grade kids. This was written in '59 and may have been edgy then (suicide; boys with feelings for boys). Not a classic. Knowles wrote nothing of value after this his first work. Telling. Gene is a self-absorbed head case. Period.