Separate Peace SG Flashcards
A graceful, natural-born athlete
Finny
Feels trapped by a friend’s disregard for rules
Gene
Behaves spontaneously and makes his own rules
Finny
Returns to Devon as an adult
Gene
Cannot adjust to the army
Leper
Busy with school politics
Brinker
All things, except studies, come easily to him
Finny
Enlists in the army
Leper
In the Butt Room, jokes with Gene about his plot to kill Finny
Brinker
Can easily smooth talk his way out of a situation
Finny
Realizes it is pointless to use another as a measure of oneself
Brinker
Expresses feeling openly, responds warmly to others
Finny
Who said…“Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence”
Gene
Who said…“I’ll bet you knew all the time he wouldn’t be back. That’s why you picked him for a roommate-so you could have a big room all to yourself.”
Brinker
Who said…“You always were the lord of the manor, weren’t you? A swell guy, except when the chips were down. You always were a savage underneath.”
Leper
Who said…“I didn’t think you needed to study—I didn’t think you ever did. I thought it just came to you.”
Finny
Who said…“They moved like an engine…that had two pistons.”
Leper
Who is this about…“Why was I going up there anyway? Why did I let him talk me into stupid things like this?”
Finny
Who is this about…“…you can’t come by yourself, and at this teenage period in your life the proper person is your best pal, which is what you are.”
Gene
Who is this about…“He looked the standard preparatory school article in his gray gabardine suit with square, hand-sewn looking jacket pockets, a conservative necktie, and dark brown shoes. He was the hub of the class.”
Brinker
Wrapped up in the natural world
Leper
