Alienation in a Separate Peace

John Knowles wrote the book A Separate Peace in 1960 and still we can relate to the events of the book. The Human heart is a source of hate. No matter how much time goes by here will always be hate. One of the side affects of hate is alienation. Alienation can be a result of difference in opinion, looks, mental capacity or other differences. Alienation can happen among students for any number of reasons; dressing …showed first 75 words of 403 total…

…showed last 75 words of 403 total…time to understand why acted the way he did or even to just have to agree to disagree could have avoided leper’s alienation. Even though people have always been alienated and no matter how old one is, there is still alienation. There probably always will be alienation. And no matter what everyone tries to do there will always be racism, sexism, or even sexualism. I just hope everyone will at least try to change.