In my mind, the most interesting contrast is in the way
that the more optimistic ending of Great Expectations contrasts
with the ending of The Great Gatsby. So much of the build up in
downtrodden guy makes it big to get the girl stories leads up to this climax, and in
Gatsby everything is falling apart. It becomes clear that Daisy is
using everyone in sight and can't be honest, even with herself. But as Pip gets to know
Estella better, she becomes in many ways more and more of a proper object of his
affection and efforts, in many ways the opposite of Daisy who starts as a somewhat
admirable character but very quickly becomes worthy of contempt. The way that these two
objects of affection diverge at the climax of the two novels is particularly intriguing
in my mind.
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