When their strict and rude teacher (I would say she's a like Jaggers but that would be a bit of a stretch) takes them to the Trevi Fountain Lizzie meets a famous European pop star Paulo (who totally reminds me of Estella, but he instead uses charm to trick Lizzie) and says she looks exactly like his ex-singing partner Isabella. After sneaking out and spending the next day with him, Lizzie is completley blinded by the new world of the rich and famous he's shown her. This fit's the theme of "Becoming a Gentleman", but with a modern twist. Meanwhile, Gordo lies to cover up Lizzie's absence, which makes Lizzie feel guilty, contributing to the "guilt" theme.
Paulo told Lizzie that he wrote all the music and Isabella lip-synched (which she didn't) and asked Lizzie to preform for her to prevent her getting sued, which relates to the "convict theme" because what he was doing was illegal. Isabella ends up saving Lizzie from Paulo's evil plan and they become friends, which is why she reminded me of Herbert. This part was so similar it almost scared me: In the end Paulo got in trouble, in other words, "Crime and Punishment",
Both of these stories have a big message about humanity. I think it's that people will want what they can't have, or something new or different, or "better" than what they have now. It's also saying that people can be very goal oriented, and won't stop until they get what they want. These stories say that possessions aren't everything and a higher social class won't make you completley happy (although I'm not completley sure that this is true).
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