A Separate Peace

why is the tree described as as awesome as an "artillery piece"?

please give quotes from the first chapter. This question only applies to chapter 1! answer ASAP!

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The tree is a simulated adolescent battleground. The motif of war is intertwined with everything about the tree. The tree is forbidden, daring, courageous....The tree thus becomes, a "Huge lone spike dominating the riverbank, forbidding as an artillery piece."

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