Wrapping up Great Expectations

Appearances and status do not equal happiness and contentment.  In Great Expectations, everything that falls apart is based off of appearance and money.  The central theme suggests that life filled with simplicity is the key to happiness.  In life, friendships should be built off of a connection with someone's inner personality.  In society, things are very different.  Many friendships are developed for the sole reason of raising one's own "status."  People are drawn to those with money, talent and good looks.   Is this ingrained in our minds, due to human nature?  Or is it a habit that evolved over time, fed off of by a need to feel important?  Unhealthy friendships occur because of this twisted sense of companionship that places so much importance on competition and appearances.  Every person is unique, yet somehow society manages to corral people into groups and smack labels onto their foreheads.  The most twisted part of it all is that the pens of people have nothing in common on the inside.  They have a few physical similarities.  They are trapped together, barricaded from others by invisible walls ten feet thick.  There is a lot more to people than what can be understood at first glance.  At the grocery store, good food comes in all colors and shapes of bottles and cartons.  People should base opinions not on what someone is born with, but what they do with themselves.