Great Expectations and Mean Girls

          I am relating Great Expectations to the movie Mean Girls. In this movie, Kady Heron, has just moved from Africa and is coming into a public high school for the first time. Kady is like Pip in the way that she wants to be apart of the "plastics", which are like the upper class. Pip wants to be a gentleman and Kady wants to be a "plastic".
          Tina Fey and Charles Dickens are both trying to convey a similar life lesson. You don't have to have everything or "status" in order to be happy. Kady leaves her trustworthy friends to become a plastic, and Pip leaves Biddy and Joe to become a gentleman. When they finally have what they always thought they wanted, they realize that it isn't as great as it seems. Although this movie may seem shallow and be considered a silly chick flick, it has a deep inner meaning that relates to Great Expectations.