One of the most notable literary devices in A Separate Peace is imagery. Looking through Gene's perspective, this book gives us a good understanding of all the aspects around him and what he was going through.
"There was a moment of total, impersonal panic, and then Finny's hand shot out and grabbed my arm, and with my balance restored, the panic immediately disappeared. I turned back toward the river, moved a few more steps along the limb, sprang far out and fell into the deep water." (31)
In this example of imagery, Gene explains how panicked he was when he lost his balance in shock which Finny made Gene realize what he was doing and how to prepare to jump in order to be a part of the "Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session".
"I could feel it pressing clammily against my wet clothes, and unfriendly, discomforting breath in the air, an edge of wintery chill, air that shriveled, soon to put out the lights on the countryside" (80)
In this example of imagery, it shows how angry and shaken Gene was.
"Everything else was sharp and hard, but this Grecian sun evoked joy from every angularity and blurred with brightness the stiff face of the country side." (141)
In this example of imagery, it shows how the sun eased the mood. "Grecian sun evoked joy from every angularity", shows bright the sun was and how it covered the land to make it look like a better place.
"There was a moment of total, impersonal panic, and then Finny's hand shot out and grabbed my arm, and with my balance restored, the panic immediately disappeared. I turned back toward the river, moved a few more steps along the limb, sprang far out and fell into the deep water." (31)
In this example of imagery, Gene explains how panicked he was when he lost his balance in shock which Finny made Gene realize what he was doing and how to prepare to jump in order to be a part of the "Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session".
"I could feel it pressing clammily against my wet clothes, and unfriendly, discomforting breath in the air, an edge of wintery chill, air that shriveled, soon to put out the lights on the countryside" (80)
In this example of imagery, it shows how angry and shaken Gene was.
"Everything else was sharp and hard, but this Grecian sun evoked joy from every angularity and blurred with brightness the stiff face of the country side." (141)
In this example of imagery, it shows how the sun eased the mood. "Grecian sun evoked joy from every angularity", shows bright the sun was and how it covered the land to make it look like a better place.