"A Separate Peace" by John Knowles.

A Separate Peace
(Compare and Contrast Finny and Gene)
Have you ever had a best friend who was the complete the opposite of you? The novel, A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, tells of a pair of best friends who vary quite a bit from one another. Gene's best friend, Finny, is an athletic individual who loves to break the rules while he himself is a law abiding studious person. The two main characters in this novel are similar to and different from each other in many ways.
Finny is the epitome of the good in the human heart. He, unlike Gene, disregards the rules. An example of this is w…