Mr. Kurtz and Finny both have incredible leadership skills. Finny is able to persuade Gene to do practically anything he wants him to do which in the end is his downfall since he convinces Gene to climb the tree with him and do a double jump. He also shows his leadership skills when he gathers a lot of the students and teaches them a new game that is fitted perfectly to his physical abilities. Mr. Kurtz showed these skills when he had the courage to go into the cillages of cannibals and convince them to give him their ivory

Both Mr. Kurtz and Finny had friends that had something to do with their deaths. In Finny's case, his friend Gene accidently jarred him off the tree branch that caused him to break his leg. When Finny got a brace on his leg, he tripped and broke it again, but when the doctor tried to mend it, bone marrow escaped and instantly killed him when it reached his heart. In The Heart of Darkness, Marlow forces Mr. Kurtz to leave the forest natives, which speds up his death because Mr. Kurtz wants to stay in the wilderness and live with the natives that he had lived with for so long.

In conclusion, the basi of both of these novels is very similar and what happens in each of them is very close to being the same. In each of the novels, the main characters are trying to save their friend. In the end, both of their friends die from something they did

Some common words found in the essay are:
Kurtz Finny, Darkness Marlow, Finny Olympics, Separate Peace, leadership skills, , kurtz finny, Heart Darkness, trying save, ready die, heart darkness,
Approximate Word count = 572
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)