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Essay Archive - A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries
A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries
Chapter 1: The narrator (Gene) returns to the Devon School in New Hampshire,
that he graduated from 15 years earlier. He goes to a certain tree and
switches back to the past. Phineas dares everyone to jump from a branch in
the tree into the river. Phineas, and Gene both jump. On the way back
Phineas and Gene play fight so that they are late for dinner.
Chapter 2:Mr. Prud'homme, a master, stops by the boys' room to scold them
for missing dinner again for the ninth time in two weeks. Phineas explains
that they were late because they were jumping out of the tree to toughen ....
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