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Comparing The Emperor's Club And A Separate Peace
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 Finny is a natural athlete and more talented than Gene at sports. Gene tries to make up for his lack of natural athleticism by getting better grades than Finny and studying more. Gene gets so caught up in the rivalry that he injures Finny by pushing him out of a tree, which ruins Finny's chances of ever
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