Shrek and Great Expectations

In the movie Shrek, the character Shrek is very similar to Pip in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. At the beginning of the movie, Shrek is a grumpy ogre who lives all alone and doesn't to do want anything to do with anyone. At the beginning of the book, Pip is the opposite, he is very friendly and loving. Throughout both stories the characters begin to change after a particular day.
After meeting Ms. Havisham and Estella, Pip starts to seek out a better life for himself. However in doing this it changes his personality. He begins looking down upon his way of life, his family, his house, and his clothes. After he leaves for London he becomes ignorant and bitter.
Shrek meets Donkey one day, and that is when his life changes. At first he is horribly mean to donkey and treats him like dirt, but as the story goes on Shrek's heart begins to grow and grow. At the end of the story Shrek's personality has mad a complete turn.
Throughout both stories, the main characters personalities changed greatly, in opposite ways.