Finn 's awkwardness keeps him inoffensive , but it thoroughly obviates the dramatic arc that 's the whole point of Dickens ' If success doesn 't change Finn for the worse , then his rejection of the high life doesn 't entail the same kind of sacrifices--or come as a consequence of some harrowing epiphany .
There are some who would argue that had success changed Finn for the worse , rejection of the high life wouldn 't be looked at as a sacrifice in the same sense either .