The movie The Emperor's Club and the novel A Separate Peace share many of the same thematic motifs. Two of these themes are rivalry and forgiveness. The ways they are presented in the novel and movie have similarities and differences. Rivalry and competition is a theme included in The Emperor's Club and A Separate Peace. In the novel, Gene competes against Finny to be "better". Gene states that there is only competition in sports, although …showed first 75 words of 520 total…

…showed last 75 words of 520 total…makes mistakes and deserves another chance. This is the message in both the novel and movie. Many of the same thematic motifs are included in the movie The Emperor's Club and the novel A Separate Peace. They give the same messages about the themes forgiveness and competition, although they are presented in slightly different ways. Also, the novel is more in depth about the themes than the movie and the themes are made more obvious.