Can you please answer this question about the book "separate peace". Only one question, not two.?

Question

What scene in the novel most lingers in your mind? Why?
P.S: This question is asked by me. Don't even think that's a homework and I'm tryin' to make people do it for me.
What teachers in the earth would give a homework with only one question.
I just want to get different opions from different people.
Alright guys thanks.

Answer 1

I agree, it's the fall that sticks in one's mind. It's the climax of the novel, and it's highly symbolic, as it brings to an end the summer session—the period of carefree innocence—and ushers in the darker winter session, filled with the forebodings of war. So, too, does Finny’s fall demonstrate to Gene that his resentment and envy are not without consequences, as they lead to intense feelings of shame and guilt. The literal fall, then, symbolizes a figurative fall from innocence—like Adam and Eve, who eat from the Tree of Knowledge and are consequently exiled from the Garden of Eden into sin and suffering, the students at Devon, often represented by Gene, are propelled from naïve childhood into a knowledge of good and evil that marks them as adults.

Answer 2

Personally, I absolutely hated this book. It's the only book I've read in school that I got mad at the teacher for forcing me to read. But the one scene that really stuck with me was when Gene goes to visit Finny and tries to confess, but Finny won't listen. I don't know why that stuck with me, but I think it made a profound statement about forgiveness and nobility.

Answer 3

The part where finny falls outa the tree because of gene and gene doesnt even seem to really care at the time and es the one who shook the tree