A Separate Peace

In A Separate sleep, seat Knowles uses the char momenters come to understand the difference between fantasy and earth, innocence andexperience, and sympathy and hatred. Phineas uses defense mechanism to cling to himself once morest the reality of fight. One person can need protection to hide from anexperiencethats been haunting their lives manage a finis in the family. They need this protection to help them move on in feeling and see peace within themselves again. Some need protection from war in the thought of death during battle.This change of protection is more physical then emotional in that its asking for protection that would nurse whatever bullet that couldenter thebody. Others need an emotional type of protection from green-eyed monster and hatred and to melt wastetheir fears and from rectitude. This could be needed to help one get through the day and live without having to hide from new(prenominal) peoples jealousy and hatred. In A Separate Peace by rear en d Knowles, Phineas needs protection from the truth and reality.With this, John Knowles compares reality and the truth by exhibiting the plaster bandage as a barricade that protects Phineas from the world some him, as well as the thing of craziness and reality, of innocence andknowledge, and of love and disgust. Phineas defensive attitude towards the war and aliveness in general is a resultof his anxious character non wanting to hold the changes around him, leading him into demur for his friendship with agent and the world outside the Devon school.When Phineas hears close the war, he puts himself into each over denial as he tells agent, Dont be a sap, he gazed with cool self-possession at me, on that point isnt some(prenominal) war thats what this save war story is a horrible drug (107). Phineas doesnt believe that in that location is a war going on. This is one of the things that Phineas hides and cant face. Towards the end, Phineas tells factor that the one thing Phineas is mad about is not organism able to do anything once he breaks his oarlock again, is that he cant go a right smart to war.This shows that Phineas standardisedly told constituent that he didnt believe in war to hide his real emotions. When Phineas shows that he is in denial about reality and cant bring off the truth, Gene democracys, To begin joking, would have been a hypocritical denial, of what had happened, and Phineas was not opened of that (109). Gene doesnt think that Phineas can take the truth and wont accept reality. This shows the way Gene sees Phineas as a person, who cant handle reality and who is living his life in denial.Phineas was in such a mind state that he couldnt yet be joked around with as aresultof his unbearable attitude towards his leg situation. As the circumstance of reality, when Phineas was pushed from the manoeuver by Gene, he started to be seen before him, Phineas cries, I dont care, Phineas interrupted in an even voice, so full of ric hness that it overrode all the others. I dont care (168) Instead of facing the fact that he was pushed out of the tree and move on to other things, he dwelled on the past, not accept anything.This shows the way Phineas views his life and his attitude towards the world, which was that he spends his sentence successively from the truth about how he drop from the tree and that there isnt a war occurring around him. Phineas lives his life by hiding from the truth, the anatomy toying like a barrier keeping him away from accepting the differences, both emotional and physical, thatresultfrom his tough leg. The cast represents his deception of Gene, reality, and what makes him realize that he will never be able to simulated military operation the sports that play a key part in his life.When Phineas is notified that he will never be able to play sports again, all he wants is someone to carry his sportsmanship for him, and that is when he tells Gene, Listen, pal, if I cant play sports youre going to play them for me, and I garbled apart of myself to him then and a soaring sense of freedom, revealed that this might have been my purpose from the root to get down a part of Phineas (77). Phineas loses the ability to play sports and wants Gene to do that for him, but Phineas also loses his innocence..He feels as if his whole purpose after Phineas accident was to become a part of him and do what he no seven-day will be able to do. It suddenly occurs to Gene that Phineas may never be able to passport again, let alone play sports, and this is when he states, Then my eyes fell on the reverberate cast white mass pointing at me, and as it was always to do, it brought me down out of Finnys world of creation, down again as I had fell after awakening that morning, down to reality, to the facts (107 and 108).Gene didnt realize the outcome of his actions toward Phineas until Gene power saw Phineas side. Finny had a world of creation where he wouldnt face the truth and th e cast acted like a barrier that sustains Phineas from facing the truth. When Phineas tells Gene his feelings of hatred towards him, Genes description of Phineas is, He struggled clumsily for such a distance of time that even my mind, slowed and shocked as if it had been, was able to formulate two realizations that his leg was bound nd that he was struggling to unleash his hate against me (176). Gene knows about Phineas feelings of hatred towards him and how Phineas feels about the whole accident. The act wasnt only a barrier for the truth, but a wall that was trying to unleash his hate for Gene and for what he did to Phineas wonderful life.A Separate PeaceIn A Separate Peace, John Knowles uses the characters come to understand the difference between fantasy and reality, innocence andexperience, and sympathy and hatred. Phineas uses denial to protect himself against the reality of war. One person can need protection to hide from anexperiencethats been haunting their lives like a de ath in the family. They need this protection to help them move on in life and find peace within themselves again. Some need protection from war in the thought of death during battle.This kind of protection is more physical then emotional in that its asking for protection that would shield any bullet that couldenter thebody. Others need an emotional type of protection from jealousy and hatred and toescapetheir fears and from truth. This could be needed to help one get through the day and live without having to hide from other peoples jealousy and hatred. In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Phineas needs protection from the truth and reality.With this, John Knowles compares reality and the truth by exhibiting the cast as a barrier that protects Phineas from the world around him, as well as the thing of craziness and reality, of innocence andknowledge, and of love and disgust. Phineas defensive attitude towards the war and life in general is a resultof his anxious character not wantin g to accept the changes around him, leading him into denial for his friendship with Gene and the world outside the Devon school.When Phineas hears about the war, he puts himself into complete denial as he tells Gene, Dont be a sap, he gazed with cool self-possession at me, there isnt any war thats what this whole war story is a horrible drug (107). Phineas doesnt believe that there is a war going on. This is one of the things that Phineas hides and cant face. Towards the end, Phineas tells Gene that the one thing Phineas is mad about is not being able to do anything once he breaks his leg again, is that he cant go away to war.This shows that Phineas probably told Gene that he didnt believe in war to hide his real emotions. When Phineas shows that he is in denial about reality and cant handle the truth, Gene states, To begin joking, would have been a hypocritical denial, of what had happened, and Phineas was not capable of that (109). Gene doesnt think that Phineas can take the truth and wont accept reality. This shows the way Gene sees Phineas as a person, who cant handle reality and who is living his life in denial.Phineas was in such a mind state that he couldnt even be joked around with as aresultof his unbearable attitude towards his leg situation. As the fact of reality, when Phineas was pushed from the tree by Gene, he started to be seen before him, Phineas cries, I dont care, Phineas interrupted in an even voice, so full of richness that it overrode all the others. I dont care (168) Instead of facing the fact that he was pushed out of the tree and move on to other things, he dwelled on the past, not believing anything.This shows the way Phineas views his life and his attitude towards the world, which was that he spends his time successively from the truth about how he fell from the tree and that there isnt a war occurring around him. Phineas lives his life by hiding from the truth, the cast acting like a barrier keeping him away from accepting the diffe rences, both emotional and physical, thatresultfrom his broken leg. The cast represents his deception of Gene, reality, and what makes him realize that he will never be able to play the sports that play a key part in his life.When Phineas is notified that he will never be able to play sports again, all he wants is someone to carry his sportsmanship for him, and that is when he tells Gene, Listen, pal, if I cant play sports youre going to play them for me, and I lost apart of myself to him then and a soaring sense of freedom, revealed that this might have been my purpose from the first to become a part of Phineas (77). Phineas loses the ability to play sports and wants Gene to do that for him, but Phineas also loses his innocence..He feels as if his whole purpose after Phineas accident was to become a part of him and do what he no longer will be able to do. It suddenly occurs to Gene that Phineas may never be able to walk again, let alone play sports, and this is when he states, Then my eyes fell on the bound cast white mass pointing at me, and as it was always to do, it brought me down out of Finnys world of creation, down again as I had fell after awakening that morning, down to reality, to the facts (107 and 108).Gene didnt realize the outcome of his actions toward Phineas until Gene saw Phineas side. Finny had a world of creation where he wouldnt face the truth and the cast acted like a barrier that sustains Phineas from facing the truth. When Phineas tells Gene his feelings of hatred towards him, Genes description of Phineas is, He struggled clumsily for such a length of time that even my mind, slowed and shocked as if it had been, was able to formulate two realizations that his leg was bound nd that he was struggling to unleash his hate against me (176). Gene knows about Phineas feelings of hatred towards him and how Phineas feels about the whole accident. The act wasnt only a barrier for the truth, but a wall that was trying to unleash his hate for Gene and for what he did to Phineas wonderful life.