A Separate Peace



Gene Forrester is a quiet, intellectual student at Devon School in New

Hampshire. During the Summer Session of 1942, he becomes close friends

with his daredevil roommate Finny, who has a talent for getting away

with mischief through his sincere, disarming charisma. Finny prods Gene

into making a dangerous jump out of a tree into a river, and the two

start a secret society based on this ritual. Gene envies Finny's

astonishing athletic abilities, and he begins to suspect that Finny

envies his superior academic achievements and has been taking steps to

distract him from his studies. His suspicions turn to hatred, but he

makes sure to maintain an appearance of friendship so Finny will not

suspect him.

Gene realizes he was grievously mistaken about the existence of any

rivalry between them one day when Finny expresses a sincere desire to

see Gene succeed. He goes to the tree to jump with Finny while he is

still in a state of shock from the......

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