Great Expectations wrap-up.

Well, I made it through Great Expectations. Good book.

I think the thing that sticks with me the most is the description of class struggles, simply because it's just as prevalent today, though not in our pop culture. Or maybe it is. Think about the celebrity worship that goes on in this country, where there are tabloids dedicated entirely to celebrity gossip. Celebrity gossip websites litter the internet. People seem to care more about the lives of Britney and Anna Nicole than the well-being of their own children.

Not really what Dickens was talking about, I know, and his struggle continues today, but the above paragraph has taken the forefront recently. Perhaps we don't have the desire so much to live like celebrities, but we've taken their lives as being more important than our own.