Robert Frost’s Paper

The atmosphere of the Devon school during the winter term in my opinion is troubling. It is troubling because of several reasons. Now that the boy’s final year at Devon is almost over, the war is quickly approaching. The war is not a far off event lurking in the back of their mind anymore, but now a approaching reality. They can now enlist into the military and are supporting the war effort on the home front. There is also a social tension because Finny is gone. There is no king to the student body and there is no heir to the thrown. The boys are not directly investigating if it was an accident or if it was on purpose. It is defiantly still on peoples minds if anyone was responsible for this event. With both the war and the social anarchy infesting the minds of the boys, this seemingly peaceful school is not peaceful at all.