A Separate Peace

Finny can be described as Christ figure because in Knowles John, A Separate Peace, states "Phineas in exaltation balancing on one foot on the prow of a canoe like a river god, his raised arms invoking the air to support him, face transfigure body a complex set of balances and compensations, each muscle aligned in perfection, his skin glowing from immersions, his whole body hanging between river and sky as though he had transcended gravity." (75). Also, Thomas C. Foster, How To Read Literature Like a Professor, states that a character that has self-sacrificing, disciples, wounded or marked in the hands, feet, or side can have the characteristic of a Christ figure (119,122). Finny is self-sacrificing because his leg is injured and he can't play any sports or be able to go to war. And he is helping Gene with sports so he can make it to the Olympics. Gene can be considered his disciple and now he is wounded in the legs and is paralyzed.