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Post by rileymcgrath on Oct 30, 2015 19:18:56 GMT
Foreshadowing is evident throughout "A Separate Peace". When Gene arrives back to the school in the beginning, he makes sure to point out the tree and the stairs. The reader is able to tell from this that these are important aspects to the plot. The reader sees foreshadowing in the details Knowles includes. Some foreshadowing I noticed towards the end of the book was on pages 110 and 111. On 110 it describes the dangerous ice on the ground and then it goes on to describe the stairs as "...smooth, slick marble, more treacherous even than the icy walks" (111). Also on page 110 Gene points out, "Even indoors Devon was a nest of traps for him". It is very clear foreshadowing, showing that the stairs are dangerous. Knowles also points out on page 113 "...down a stairway, steep and marble, and into the locker room". It's an important added detail which shows Phineas is able to go down the stairs. It brings up the question whether Phineas fell down the stairs because of his injury or because he was so upset at that time. Another example of foreshadowing I found interesting was on top of the First Building it says in Latin "Here Boys Come to Be Made Men" (165). It was just super obvious detail used to show stuff was about to go down, and it did. There's so much really good foreshadowing and details throughout the book, which made it really interesting to read.
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Post by amandakaliner on Oct 30, 2015 19:53:09 GMT
Foreshadowing is also used very easily throughout this book since the book is told as Gene looking back on his life at school after visiting Devon. Since the narrator already knows whats going to happen in his own life, it is easier for Arthur Mills to put foreshadowing into A Separate Peace.
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Post by sarahegerter on Nov 1, 2015 20:46:04 GMT
I'd like to add to the Latin quote that Riley mentioned. "Here Boys Come to Be Made Men". I think that was great foreshadowing. Knowles would not have mentioned such an insignificant quote if it did not mean anything or have some level of importance. This foreshadowed the fact that the characters were in the transition from boyhood to adulthood. Although we all already knew what type of novel this was, if a reader who just picked up the novel for fun were to come across that, they may have some idea of the backbone of the story. Unfortunately this was not the case with all characters (Finny and Leper), but it still stood true. Devon did make these boys become men.
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Post by gmiades on Nov 3, 2015 20:11:59 GMT
Even though there is a ton of foreshadowing in the novel, I think that the Latin quote "Here Boys Come to Be Made Men" is the most significant. Obviously after the reading book it is a lot easier for me to understand the quote, but one could still infer tons of things from it. I find it interesting because not all of the boys eventually became men. If I were to look at it in a semi-morbid way, it's almost like natural selection.
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