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Dead Poets Society And A Separate Peace Analysis

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Dead Poets Society and A Separate Peace had many similarities and a few differences, there were secret societies that were not welcomed at Devon and Welton academies. Phineas and Neil both died from tragic deaths. The Dead Poets in DPS and were not given many options, same situation with the Suiciders in A Separate Peace. The few differences between the two; the purposes of the secret societies, the reasoning of deaths of the Finny and Neal, and in Dead Poets Society it wasn't all about the boys. Firstly, Devon and Welton preparatory board academies the Dead Poets Society and Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session are in secret because the school does not allow them. In the movie Dead Poets Society,

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