Morgan Ilsley
6th period
November 17, 2016

A Separate Peace Essay

This book “A Separate Peace” was written by John Knowles. The genre is naturalism. The setting of the novel, “A Separate Peace”, reveals that Finny is athletic, unmotivated, and brave. In the this essay you will see how John Knowles reveals how Finny is all three of these characteristics. Now I will be telling how Finny is athletic.
This book reveals that Finny is athletic. One example would in chapter three when Finny broke the school swimming record without even trying to, but sadly no one was there to confirm that he did it so it didn't count. Another example would be in chapter 3 when he created the game blitz ball, he made it very challenging and he was the only one