Gene is the narrator and protagonist of A Separate Peace. He suffers from many of the ailments you're probably all familiar with, or will be shortly, from your own sixteen-year-old days: self-consc...

Gene describes Finny as almost super-human. He's some combination of a Greek god, a mischievous devil, a super-athlete, and an earnest kid. There's practically a divine glow coming off his body, so...

Leper is a peaceful, quiet, contemplative boy. He's timid – the first time we see him he's declining to jump from the suicide tree (not that we blame him). He's also a naturalist of sorts, fa...