A Separate Peace (Cliffs Notes) [Paperback]

James L. Roberts (Editor), Gary Carey (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Cliffs Notes; Cliff Notes Paperback edition (October 5, 1965)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822011832
• ISBN-13: 978-0822011835
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,632,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A best-friend's jelousy leads to the other's death., April 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Separate Peace (Cliffs Notes) (Paperback)

The author John Knowles illustrates through the main characters of Phineas and Gene how human beings can be cruel in nature and how they tend to hide the harsh realities of life.

11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best understanding of human nature I have ever read, November 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Separate Peace (Cliffs Notes) (Paperback)

The book is essentially a reflection of a 30-something year old man trying to convalesce from two psychologically traumatic experiences that happened in his youth at a New England boarding school. Gene was not ready, in his teen aged years, for the experience of Phineas - a character more mythologiclly true than realistic. Although the excellently crafted subtlies of this novel could by pass the shallow reader, there is a wealth of youth, human, psychology for the keen eye and the sensitive soul. Understand this book, and it will change your view of friendship and war forever. How can anyone read that last paragraph: "All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way - if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy" and not immediately want to read the book again,... and not have her/his naivete immediately shattered.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this was a wonderful help for my class, May 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Separate Peace (Cliffs Notes) (Paperback)

the cliffnotes i used for A Separate Peace helped me understand everything that was going on! i really appreciated the help.