A Separate Peace A Separate Peace is a novel that toys with readers' emotions. It can make sadness appear from nowhere and happiness right after. It is a wonderfully constructed novel that makes readers feel like they have traveled to that time and place with the characters. A major factor of this power is the author's style of expression. The author chose to write about two high school students that are almost complete opposites. One …showed first 75 words of 597 total…

…showed last 75 words of 597 total…puzzle, with all the pieces it needs and none of those that it doesn’t. There are a few messages that readers can interpret from the author. The one that I think is the most appropriate is based on Gene's realization. Driven by guilt, Gene finally realizes that he is his own enemy and accepts that a person cannot measure oneself by the abilities of another person. He accepts that he can only be himself.