The Separate Peace

Title: A Seperate Peace
Author: John Knowles

When I first read this book, I thought " This can be used as fuel for people to endure the coldness of winter!" This book was that kind of boring. Each ten pages I read, I wanted to tear the book.

I read this book for 2 times. I did not wanted to read this again but I did and I felt the difference. I could find out a lot of foreshadows, and kind of suspense during some specific scences.

This book is about hate and love between friends during the time of WWII. Finny was a naughty boy who were loved by every one in the campus. He was good at sport, talking to the others and listening to what others say. Gene was also popular but he usually focused on his study. However, they were best friend to each other.

One day Finny, Gene and Leper, who is actually Lepellus(Leper is his nick name), form a committe. The committe is called "Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session". The members had to throw themselves from a hight tree to a river beside the tree.

Here is the problem. Gene thinks that Finny is disturbing him to lower Gene's grade. However, Finny says it's not true and stop disturb Gene when he is studying. Gene realizes that Finny is a great guy. However, as he hated himself and felt guilty for his behavior, doubt of his best friend, he shakes the branch when Finny is up. Finny falls down and he was sentenced to stop doing physical activities, which was his only pleasure.

Later, when the court was on to find out the truth of the incident, Finny realizes that Gene was the one who did and he refuges to believe the truth.

At the end of the book, Gene narrates that Finny is dead when he was fixing his bone and 15 years have been past since that incident.