![]() Finny storms out angry, but trips on the stairs, re-shattering his leg. A friend of the two named Brinker suspects Gene caused the accident and even accuses him in a trial that a group of boys creates. They resume friendship after Finny returns. Gene attempts to confess, but Finny fails to believe him. Gene is guilty since Finny, the best athlete in the school would be lucky if he ever walked again. ![]() Gene gets jealous of his friend and causes him to fall and break his leg. ![]() Gene and Finny succeed at this and even go further as to create a suicide society, where they could jump from the tree at night. As part of their training, they are made to climb a tall tree and then jump from a branch into a nearby river. He challenges Gene to risky competitions. In the final year, their school starts training boys for military, and this complicates the friendship since Finny and Gene start competing.įinny is athletic, charming and reckless. They are only 16 and hence cannot be drafted to the military or enlist. Gene has a friend named Phineas, and they are roommates. Fifteen years after graduation, he has returned to see the traumatic place he used to be part of. The narrator, Gene Forrester, describes events that occurred in his senior years at Devon school. The main ideas explored are conflict and peace. ![]() The story is focused on the teenage life of a boy in New England Boarding school for boys. “A Separate Peace” is a novel by author John Knowles. ![]()
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