The main characters in theis story are Gene Forrester and Finny. Gene as a southerner feels left out in northern ladscape. Attending an elite boarding school he tries to romaticize and inflate his background by hanging pictures of plantations on his wall, hoping to impress others at the school as a southerner. A solid but not brilliant student who succeeds through discipline, obedience, and thinking. Gene at once admires and evies Finny who is athletic, scholastic and success that comes so easy.
