Spark Notes A Separate Peace Author:John Knowles, SparkNotes Editors A SEPARATE PEACE: — Featuring explanations of key Themes, Motifs and Symbols including: — Transformations, — Athletics, — Finny's Fall, — The Creation Of Inner Enemies, — Summer and Winter Sessions, World War II — And detailed analysis of these important characters: — Gene Forrester, — Finny, — Elwin "Leper" Lepellier, — Brinker Hadley — SparkNotes created ... more »by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes give you just what you need to succeed in school.