"A Seperate Peace" by John Knowls. A book about two boys Gene and Finny who grow up in an all boys school in Devon.

A Separate Peace By John Knowles The book A Separate Peace, by John Knowles tells about a sixteen-year-old boy named Gene Forrester who lives part of his life at Devon, an all boys' school. Devon was considered to be one of the most beautiful schools in New England. Gene experiences conflict with himself, because of his jealously over his friend Phineas, who was a handsome, daredevil athlete. Gene feels like Finny has power over him …

…level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there". "He possessed an extra vigor, a heightened confidence in himself, a serene capacity for affection which saved him. Nothing as he was growing up at home, nothing even about the war had broken his harmonious and natural unity. So at last I had".