A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

A Separate Peace: Setting 1 key example

Definition of Setting

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Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Setting
Explanation and Analysis:

A Separate Peace happens in one place at two different times: almost all of its events take place at the Devon School, an idyllic private boarding school in New England. At the beginning of the novel, the narrator—an adult Gene—returns to visit the school after the end of World War II. As he thinks about his childhood there, the narration returns to the past, when Gene was a young teenager and the school was full of boisterous children.