A Separate Peace Setting Quotes
In the book A Separate Peace by John Knowles, a fictional genre. The setting reveals Finny’s character in three parts. It reveals his athleticism, his superior way with words, and his excellent ways of distracting people to get out of trouble. So throughout this essay the reader will see how the setting reveals Finny’s character in three different ways. Throughout the book A Separate Peace, the setting demonstrates Finny’s athleticism in a few different ways. As Finny and Gene go through their school days Gene notices that Finny is quite athletic. Like on page 40; it talks about Finny and his amount of energy as well as page 43 when he breaks the school’s swimming record. The two quotes that state Finny’s athleticism are,” Finny seems to never run out of energy.” and also,” Looked at the watch; he had beaten A. Hopkins Parker’s record by . 7 second.” The record broken was the school’s swimming record set by A. Hopkins Parker. Within those quotes, it truly shows how Finny can use his athletic ability to become a “super star” athlete without trying. As the setting shows Finny’s athletic
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Through the middle/end of the book; Finny and Gene do something different and unexpected, but once they get caught Finny takes care if everything. Say for instance when Finny set cup the obstacle course for gGene to run through around the Headmaster’s house and around most of the field. The Headmaster came out and Finny used his skill and just simply told the Headmaster that they were training for the olympia, in which they were, but they had gotten out of trouble and went on their way. As the reader reads through they will notice how Finny talks his way and others out of trouble in the easiest way possible. There isn't much left to say how the setting revealed Finny’s character, but he is good at what he
Through the middle/end of the book; Finny and Gene do something different and unexpected, but once they get caught Finny takes care if everything. Say for instance when Finny set cup the obstacle course for gGene to run through around the Headmaster’s house and around most of the field. The Headmaster came out and Finny used his skill and just simply told the Headmaster that they were training for the olympia, in which they were, but they had gotten out of trouble and went on their way. As the reader reads through they will notice how Finny talks his way and others out of trouble in the easiest way possible. There isn't much left to say how the setting revealed Finny’s character, but he is good at what he