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ASP Alterations. “The key to change.. Is to let go of fear.” –Rosanne Cash. By Alli Magargal and Alyssa Sniechoski. Thesis. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ASP Alterations
By Alli Magargal and Alyssa Sniechoski
“The key to change.. Is to let go of fear.”
–Rosanne Cash
Thesis Throughout the novel, A Separate
Peace, John Knowles shows multiple ways of transformation to present the evolving setting and society, due to the ongoing
thought of the war.
Quote“I turned back toward the river, moved a few more steps along the
limb, sprang far out and fell into the deep water. Finny also made a good
jump, and the Super Suicide Society of the Summer was officially established.” – Gene,
Page 31
Significance
Gene made his first jump off the tree with
Finny. This was the beginning of the Super Suicide Society of the Summer. Right before
Gene jumped, Gene was about to fall and Finny
saved him. Gene transformed into a more
daring person and became more like Finny.
“But when I looked in the mirror, I was no remote aristocrat. I
had become, no character of day
dreams. I was Phineas, Phineas to the life…
The sense of transformation stayed with me throughout the evening an even
when I undressed and went to bed.” –Gene,
Page 62
Gene was alone in his and Finny’s room.
Gene aimed to transform himself
into Finny by trying on Finny’s clothes. His identity “blurs”
into Finny’s.
Quote Significance
Quote“Sports are finished for him, after an accident like that, of course.” –
Finny’s Doctor talking to Gene about Finny,
Page 63
Significance
Finny is transformed from a young, healthy athlete into a cripple who can barely walk
because of the accident that Gene caused.
Quote“The traditions
had been broken, the standards let down, all rules forgotten.”
-Gene, Page 73
Significance
While Gene was in church, he was
thinking about the transformation of the
student body of Devon as a whole. This change took
place after Finny was injured, and
everyone was preparing for the
war.
Quote“The same was true of the water hole, where unauthorized games of
hockey were played.” –Gene, Page 186
Significance
Summer turns to winter, which changes from a carefree to concerning
and fearful atmosphere.
Quote“He changed into a
woman. I was looking at him as close as
I’m loking at you and his face turned into a
womans.”-Leper, Page 150
Significance
Visions of transformations that drive Leper from serving in the ski troops.
Quote“My fury was gone, I felt it gone, dried up at the source, withered and lifeless. Phineas had
absorbed it and taken it with him, and I was rid
of it forever.”-Gene, page 203
Significance
Gene was watching calithenics and was happy
that he would soon no longer have to stay at
Devon. He was ready for the war and finally had no hatred towards it. He
transformed into a man with no fury. Gene saw himself as Finny. Finny was dead, and according to Gene, Gene was essentially dead also.
Conclusion
In the novel, A Separate Peace, John Knowles
presented several methods of transformation from beginning to end; This revealed that the boys’
preparation for the war, and thoughts about the war changed the emotions,
setting and society in the book.