Separate Peace

In this section, Knowles reveals how Finny is passionate about the things he believes in. Something he definitely shows interest in is the war scenario, at which he enjoys believing that it is all a hoax and especially enjoys convincing others that. His enthusiasm goes down, however when Brinker and Gene start the conversation of the war, because his ideas are being questioned. This disappoints Finny when he realizes that he wouldn’t even be …

…shake the limb or let alone purposely hurt Finny. He tries to prove that Gene “wasn’t in” (163) the tree at the time, so that Brinker will finally give up on the idea, because there is no way that he will give up first when he believes in it so deeply. Finny is passionate about the things he believes in and takes them very seriously, making him stop at nothing to prove he is right.