John Knowles’s A Separate Peace was a wonderful story about friendship and life. This novel was a great book to read during the summer before starting at a new school. I thought it was creative the way Knowles uses a flashback as the plot. In the first chapter, when Gene is visiting Devon fifteen years after he graduated, it shows that Devon meant a lot to him. I could see that he had memories …showed first 75 words of 352 total…

…showed last 75 words of 352 total…Gene had realized that Finny and him were never really competing. I don’t think that Gene would shake the limb right after figuring out what a great friend he had. John Knowles A Separate Peace is a wonderful book that teaches a lot about friendship and trust. Phineas and Gene can be a lesson to everyone to cherish every moment with the ones you love because you never know when they’ll be gone.