Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... a transfer student at a swanky 1950s New England prep school from working-class Pennsylvania. Any class prejudice his fellow students might have held against David quickly disappears when he proves himself as a star quarterback, which is why the school recruited him in the first place. But David fears his WASPy peers wouldn’t be nearly as tolerant if they learn that he’s Jewish – and he’s right.
Personality... honest, hard-working, and likable. David has an easy, confident manner that draws people to him. But in the rarefied world of St. Matthews, differences in religion, race, ethnicity, and class matter a great deal indeed. If David’s Judaism is revealed, many of his new friends might turn their backs on him no matter how good a guy he is.
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When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man on campus thanks to his football skills, but when his Jewish background is discovered, his worst fears are realized and his friends turn on him with violent threats and public ridicule.
