This novel, A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles was a good book in my opinion. I really liked how the book was told from a flashback. Finny was the one character that intrigued me. He was an athlete who was humble about his abilities. For example, whenever he broke the schools swimming record, he didn’t want anybody to know about it. The jumping off the tree was one of my favorite events that took place in this novel. I also liked Leper. I know he wasn’t a major character in the novel, but he gave the book a sense of humor. He was a nut case who all he did was make you scared, or he made you laugh. I love how Knowles chose the characters names. for example, Leper stands for the people who were outcasted with leprosy. Gene Forester is a foreshadowing of him and Finny in the tree. Forester, what is in the forest… trees. That is genius. I also liked how Knowles used the marble stairs to foreshadow the death, or the next injury Finny has. As an overall opinion on the novel, I will say that it is a good novel. It is not my favorite, but it is a good novel.