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Knowles alludes to Ernest Hemingway with the term a 'separate peace' . Gene Forrester returns to his old prep school. For this reason, the story is timeless. Sign In. Start studying A Separate Peace, A Separate Peace. With J Barton, Toby Moore, Jacob Pitts, Danny Swerdlow. A Separate Peace Questions and Answers. Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. 15 years after he graduated, to visit two places he regards as "fearful sites": a flight of marble stairs and a big tree by the river from which he caused his friend, Phineas, to fall. Knowles creates a riveting drama with this story utilizing elements of plot, setting, character, and theme. ''A Separate Peace'', by John Knowles, is a coming-of-age novel that focuses on the friendship between two sixteen-year-old boys at a boarding school. A Separate Peace is one of John Knowles' most notable books. 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