Jealous and insecure; concerned with rules and regulations; feels guilty after knocking Finny out of the tree; lies about his background; afraid of the war
“But by now I no longer needed this vivid false identity; now I was acquiring, I felt, a sense of my own real authority and worth.”
16-17 years old, 5’8 ½” tall, 140 pounds, athletic, smart, sarcastic; has a “West Point stride”