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Leper Lepellier
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Elwin "Leper" Lepellier
By: Christian, Dhanica, Inna and Chris
Works Cited:
"SparkNotes: A Separate Peace." SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Mar. 2013. <http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/separate/>.
Knowles, John. "A Separate Peace: Character Analysis: Elwin (Leper) Lepellier - CliffsNotes ." Get Homework Help with CliffsNotes Study Guides . N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Mar. 2013. <http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/a-separate-peace/character-analysis/elwin-leper-lepellier.html>.
Question 1:
Why does the adjective, quiet, fit Leper?
Question 2:
In what way was Leper seen being emotionally unstable throughout the book?
Explanation: Quiet
Explanation: Emotionally Unstable
- Couldn't do things at normal times
- Wouldn't sleep in bed
- Wouldn't eat in Mess Hall
- Unhealthy lifestyle
- Psychotic state
- Doesn't voice emotion or opinion
- Isolated from everyone else
- Leper is just there
Adjective: Quiet
"Leper closed his mouth as though forever. He didn't argue or refuse. He didn't back away. He became inanimate" (Knowles 11).
Adjective: Emotionally Unstable
"psycho. I guess I am. I must be. Am I, though, or is the army? Because they turned everything inside out. I couldn't sleep in bed, I had to sleep everywhere else. I couldn't eat in the Mess Hall, I had to eat everything else. Everything began inside out" (140).