A Separate Peace

Now, why is the hardness of the stairs stressed at the beginning of the book?

The details at the beginning.. what is the purpose?

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It is a bit of foreshadowing for when Finny shatters his leg again on the stairs at the end of the book. This time it kills him. Apparently those stairs are hard!

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