A Separate Peace A Separate Peace by John Knowles group rates
for schools and districts  A Separate Peace Theme of Friendship
A Separate Peace focuses on the friendship between two sixteen-
year-old boys, and it's…complicated. Friendship is a combination
of admiration, respect, jealousy, and resentment. For all the
camaraderie between them, these boys are still driven by good
old healthy competition, which at times can end up being, well,
less than healthy. Friendship blurs identity, as one boy begins
to assimilate the life of the other. You know, Talented Mr.
Ripley-style and all.  Questions About Friendship    1. Do
Phineas and Gene have an equal friendship, or is one boy on top?
Does this question change if you're looking at their
relationship 1) from Gene's point of view, 2) from Finny's point
of view, 3) objectively? (Are those last two even possible in
this novel?)   2. When Finny returns to Devon in September, how
has his relationship with Gene changed from the summer months?
3. At what moment does G