The Motif of War in A Separate Peace

World War II started in 1939 and did not end until 1945. It was the result of one person's need for power and control over the rest of the world. We saw this power as a threat, which exploded into an outbreak more devastating than anything else we humans had ever seen. War is defined as an armed conflict between nations or states, or between different parties: any act or state of hostility. War can be experienced …

…together by giving it a common base for which the characters base their lives upon, and helps in giving central insight into life. The motif of war is conveyed in many ways but is mostly shown through the characters. "We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives, that it is inside ourselves." (Albert Camus (1913-60), French-Algerian philosopher, author.)