Wrapping It Up :D

     I feel like the main message of Great Expectations was that money can't buy you happiness.  I think that everyone can relate to the experience of feeling inferior to someone or something.  No one can be the absolute best at everything, so there will always be someone that a person feels subordinate to, much like Pip and Estella.  Naturally, humans want to improve themselves which is why people will try to better themselves so that they can feel more confident and have more self esteem.  All of the self improvement, however, will not make a difference in a person long term.  For example, if you get 10 dollars, next time you want 20 dollars.  Now, money can give you short term happiness, but obviously, that won't last forever. Humans can never be satisfied, and at some point in their lives, everyone has to learn that no matter how much money is in their possession, money won't be able to make them truly happy.  In the end, people will realize that family and friends are the truly important things in life, and they need to keep the most significant things closest to their hearts.  This is pretty much the development of Pip's character through the novel, and I feel like no matter who picks up the book, the lesson can relate to the young, the old, the rich, or the poor.  Dickens was trying to develop a theme that is timeless, and by golly, he did a mighty fine job of doing it.