Unlike Pip, Salinger showed that Holden's family was rather well off; “But my father is quite rich. I don’t know how much he makes – he’s never discussed that sort of thing with me – but I imagine a lot” (Salinger 107). Using an indifferent tone, Salinger illustrated how many young people seemed reluctant to worry about money in his own society. Holden continually spent a fortune on trivial things instead of using it on important matters. His indifference to wealth showed the mindset of many teenagers at the time and also the ease with which one spent one's life apart. Unlike Holden, who lived in a wealthy society, Pip came from a rather low-class neighborhood. After the introduction to wealth, Dickens expressed the desire that many people felt for the higher social classes and also for the material "property" they held: "I felt more than ever dissatisfied with my house, with my profession and everything” (Dickens 110). ). Pip easily forgot her first happiness with Joe and began to mourn the wealth and beauty that Miss Havisham and Estella held. Dickens used the relationship between Pip and Estella to show how easily people forget their ideals and love in the face of wealth. Even children were fascinated by society's thirst for material wealth. Both