Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Reading #6: Part of this reading focuses on Leper. How is he characterized? What do we learn about him? Provide some specific details from the reading to support your answer.


Leper is characterized as dreamy and unaware, the epitome of the attitude of the Summer Session. He is quite oblivious to the war, as shown when Gene and the other boys volunteered to shovel the railroad yard for the war, but Leper didn’t: “So we all volunteered… But not Leper”(93). Leper instead went skiing, looking for a beaver dam. He is quite blissful, sharply contrasting with the worried and stern attitudes of his peers. When the shovelers came back, Brinker made fun of Leper, and yet Leper seemed unbothered, too cheered by his discovery of the dam (99). While everyone else has been changed by Winter Session and the increased influence of the war, Leper has remained blissfully ignorant.

Will Phineas be affected by the changed attitude, or will he remain his old cheery self?
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  1. AnonymousApril 23, 2020 at 8:26 PM

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  2. AnonymousApril 23, 2020 at 8:27 PM

    In chapter 7, Leper is characterized as one who sticks out from all the others. The boys at Devon are concerned about the war, however Leper "stands out for [Gene] as the person was most often and most emphatically taken by surprise" (Knowles 93). Lepers's actions also show the impact the war had on Gene's life now that he is an adult looking back on his teenage years. Rather than being a fun, energetic young man (like Leper), this shows a substantial part of his life which was filled with fear and concern.

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