A Separate Peace: Character Analysis, Plot Summary, General Analysis, and Alternate Ending

Characters Gene Forrester <Tab/>Forrester returns to his alma mater, Devon School, and recollects the story of his friend Finny. He is intelligent, yet obsessive and worrisome, and eventually develops a love-hate relationship with his friend whom he admires yet envies. Finny <Tab/>Confident, honest, good-looking, Finny is a very likeable person and the best athlete in the school. He connects with others by his thrill for …

…for Finny. <Tab/>When Finny was finally able to be moved from his bed, the students helped him into a wheel chair and they headed for the border. The boys would live there in Canada for four years; living off the income they made working in various diners around Montreal. No one had to die. Upon their return to their native soil, they attended Ivy League universities and lead successful lives.