Theme Of Fearlessness In A Separate Peace

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Fearful and fearless

“Being FEARLESS isn’t being 100% not FEARFUL, its being terrified but you jump anyway…” –Taylor swift
A Separate Piece involves many themes but one more prominent that the rest. The most blatant subject is the similarity and difference of fear and fearlessness. Both extremities are experienced in vast measure showing the readers the two in a comparative yet differentiated way. As fearlessness and fearfulness are opposite in some aspects, they also share similarities towards each other.

The great emotion of fear is extremely strong in this novel. It is experienced through multiple characters in multiple ways throughout the story. Fear is most prevalent in the life of the story teller; Gene Forrester. Early on Gene expressed