Knowles used this novel as a primary thematic source for his own later novel about "war."

A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway

Gene thinks about stealing this when Finny is back in the infirmary:

A photograph of a man killed in the war

This actually happened in WWI:

A Christmas Eve truce between the Germans and the Allies

The Andrew's sisters sang for the Kaiser

A Christmas Eve truce between the Germans and the Allies

Gene tells Brinker's father at year's end that he, Gene,

has enlisted in the Coast Guard

Gene reflects that wars:

something ignorant in the human heart

are made by the stupidities of Versailles

something ignorant in the human heart

Finny falls on these:

wet sidewalk leading to the dormitory

on the icy vestibule in front of the infirmary

A Separate Peace 11-13

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A Separate Peace 11-13

Knowles used this novel as a primary thematic source for his own later novel about "war."

The idea of a "dark shadow" side in Literature is characterized in the German term:

In Gene's trial, Knowles' obvious allusion is to this primarily Spanish institution:

In Chapter 11, Gene is helping Finny with this:

When taken to the "First Building" at 10:05 p.m. the boys pass under this inscription:

The key witnesss summoned for Gene's trial is:

Gene thinks about stealing this when Finny is back in the infirmary:

Finny's graduating class would have been the class of:

This actually happened in WWI:

Finny is buried here:

Gene tells Brinker's father at year's end that he, Gene,

Gene reflects that wars:

Brinker came for Finny and Gene at 10:05 p.m. and led them to:

What were the seniors wearing at the "Inquisition"?

The attending physician was:

Finny falls on these:

The name of the Devon wrestling coach:

Please comment on the following (hint: underline key words) in a long paragraph: "They steered us toward the First Building- burned down and rebuilt several times...Above us in Latin flowed the inscription: 'Here Boys Come to Be Made Men.'"