A Separate Peace's writing style is different than most books.The book is told from a first person point of view. The Author tells the story from the point of view of a middle age man looking back on a part of his childhood. The author will also tell the story form the child point of view. As the reader it can be confusing to decided if the thoughts are coming from the man or the child. The author will says things that remind the reader that the book is still being told from the mans flashback of his childhood. The way the author tells the story allows you to really see how he feels about what happens. There are times in this book where you feel bad for the main character. In my opinion the reason readers feel bad for the main character is because we see it from his point of view. I believe if we were hearing the story from a different point a view, then we would not feel as bad for the main character because we would not know his reasoning behind the trouble he causes.
The author John Knowles based this story off his own experiences. After researching why John Knowles tells this story as a flashback, I learned He is intended to be the main character/protagonist in this book. This research showed me that John Knowles based this book on how he felt about one of his close friends. Finding this out made me more interested because the story came from how the author really felt at a point in his life.
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