The very essence of money creates a need in human nature to obtain it and to have it in excess. When people become rich and start climbing the social ladder, they usually become corrupt and compromise their personal values. In the novels Great Expectations and The Great Gatsby, the protagonists, Pip and Jay Gatsby respectively, believe that their wealth is being used for the common good, but in reality many values are compromised. Pip and Gatsby both use their money in an attempt to bring the women they love into their lives. Along the way to achieving their goal, they violate ethics, which, in turn, changes them as people. Although the two novels have differences, they coincide in many aspects. When Pip acquires the money from the unknown benefactor, he moves out under Jagger's leadership and rarely returns to his hometown. At first, his reason for returning was to visit Joe, Biddy and Miss Havisham, but eventually he changes and seeing the people who used to be so important to him seems to become a chore. This is ironic because, before, he admired Joe and considered him a father, now he refuses to see him because Joe is a common blacksmith. This is one of the first changes we see in Pip after learning that he will be educated. The only reason Pip became a gentleman is to attract Estella and make her reciprocate the feelings of love he has for her. In the end, it seems that Pip is willing to give up his old life and his friends, to become a gentleman and get Estella. This perfectly illustrates an immense change in Pip as he compromises his beliefs to accumulate money, stature, and, inevitably, Estella. Jay Gatsby also uses… half the paper… Your paper should reflect this organization. First discuss their violation of ethics within your article and then move on to editing.3. How did the ethics violation affect their personalities? Do their violations have similar outcomes? Did their plans to conquer women work? What were the differences between the novels that determined the different outcomes? How did the characters, Gatsby and Pip, feel about their immoral money?4. Your article could have been stronger if you had used more quotes. Quotations support your ideas and provide evidence for your arguments.5. When you use quotation marks, be sure to cite them. You should have the author's name and the page number where the quote is found.6. In your cited works you should also have the city in which the book was published in front of the publishing house.
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