... the need to be competitive at all. Because of his talent and lack of talent surrounding him he knows he is better than everyone else, and everyone realizes he is better than them. This causes him not to be egotistical and show off his skill; instead he acts as if he does not care. Finny does not like standing out as the only incredible athlete in the school, so he strives to be gregarious. The environment of people and events in a Separate Peace cause Finny to be very imaginative. Early in the novel Finny and his friends are bored and trying to think of something to play. Bobby Zane says lets think of something that has to do with the war, and he later adds the name Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg means a swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces in German. Finny ...

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