| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Finny | "He thrashed wildly in the darkness, the bed groaning under him and the sheets hissing as he fought against them" |
| Gene | "He's a good boy underneath" "a terrible temper, no self-control, but he's sorry, and he is a good boy underneath" |
| Dr. Stanpole | "After about ten minutes he came walking rapidly out of his office, his head down and his hands sunk in the pockets of his white smock" |
| Leper | "He looked at me, and I noticed the left side of his upper lip lift once or twice as though he was about to snarl or cry. Then I realized this had nothing to do with his mood, that it was involuntary" |
| Brinker | "I kept on looking expressionlessly back at him until beneath a blackening scowl his mouth opened enough to fire out the words, 'I've been violated'" |
| Mr. Hadley | "He stood up and shook my hand with genuine cordiality when we came in. He was a distinguished-looking man, taller than Brinker" |
| Phil Latham | "the wrestling coach, live[s] just across the Common and [is] an expert in first aid" |
| Chet Douglass | "He was a slim, fair-skinned boy with a ball of curly auburn hair curving over his forehead, and he devoted himself to playing two things, tennis and the trumpet" |
| Brownie Perkins | "he trembled alone there in the middle of the park for hours, wondering what would happen if he had an attack of appendicitis, unnerved by the thoughts of a fainting spell, horrified by the realization that he might have to move his bowels" |
| Mr. Ludsbury | "I don't believe any student had ever said 'No' flatly to [him] before. It flustered him uncontrollably" |
| Gene | "You don't have to advertise like that, we all know you're the worst dressed man in the class" |
| Finny | "I had never seen an invalid whose skin glowed with such health, accenting the sharp clarity of his eyes" |
| Brinker | "[he] reared up in bed, coughed hoarsely, slammed his feet on the floor, pounded through the freezing air to the closet for something in the way of clothes, and thundered down the hall to the bathroom" |
| Leper | "On that morning, satisfying one of his urges to participate in nature, [he] was the first thing the rising sun struck in the United States" |
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