Similarities Between George Orwell's 1984 'And John Knowles' A Separate Peace

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The Loss of Personal Identity: An Exploration of the Loss of Identity to a Singular Person or Group of People

Inquiry Subject: Connections with people that allow loss of personal identity
Guiding Question(s): How does society and the people in our lives mold or affect our personal identity?
Novels: George Orwell’s 1984 and John Knowles’ A Separate Peace
Rationale: Personal Identity is necessary to exceed in life, but is often hard to maintain and be at peace with. As I am going to college in August, I need to know myself and my ideologies to succeed, and make wise decisions regarding my health, personal life, and school work. In a time when everything will be new and unstable, I need to know I can have stability in myself and not rely and loose myself on the behalf of others as Gene did in A Separate …show more content…

A Separate Peace is the story of two young boys named Gene and Finny at Devon (a boarding school) in the midst of World War Two, who are best friends. Gene alters himself to fit in with Finny and attempts to be “equal” with Phineas’ talents and way of life, but eventually loses himself to what he believes he needs to be and act like to be Finny’s friend, and destroys his relationship with Finny in the process. Both books share a somewhat dysfunctional setting where the main characters struggle with the ability to achieve individuality which explores the concept of society and the people which inhabit its effects on individual thought and action that is very relevant to modern society with the increase of technology. I know what I have read from the novels, but wish to explore this concept further to find accurate information on the concept of

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