When Gene caused Finny to fall from the tree in the beginning, Leper saw what happened. Then when he enlists in the army he is overwhelmed. The burden of what he saw and the stress of the war are too much for him to bear and he goes mad. He later returns to Devon and tells the boys what he saw, leading to Finny's fall down the marble steps.
In the book A Separate Peace, Leper Lepellier suffers a nervous breakdown from which he does not fully recover from after enlisting in boot camp.
Leper's last name in "A Separate Peace" is Lepellier.
Lepellier
Leper.
I believe he is 17, or somewhere around that age.
he's enlisting in the army
happy
Leper Lepellier
Gene's long-distance call in "A Separate Peace" was from Leper Lepellier, one of his classmates at Devon School. Leper calls Gene to inform him that he has enlisted in the military.
He sees a movie of soldiers that ski.
In "A Separate Peace," Leper was portrayed as a quiet, sensitive, and nature-loving character. He was interested in skiing and birdwatching. Leper also struggled with the reality of the war and its effect on him, leading to a breakdown in his mental health.
Yes, in the book "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles, Leper Lepellier does have a snail collection, which he keeps in a small woodenhouse he built to house them. This collection becomes a source of fascination and obsession for him during the story.