great expectations

A detailed Summary of great expectations

The novel, Great Expectations, presents the story of a young boy growing up and becoming a

gentleman. He must learn to appreciate people for who they are, not shun them for who they aren't.

Nicknamed Pip, Philip Pirrip, the main character, goes through many changes in his personality, as he is

influenced by various people. Pip experiences tough times as a boy and a young man, but at the end he has

In the beginning, Pip, an orphan, considers himself to be a common laboring boy, but he has a

desire to improve his station in life. He is raised by his sister, and her husband, Joe Gargery. Then Pip

meets Estella, the adopted daughter of Miss Havisham, an old lady who is bitter and eccentric. Estella

taunts Pip and is very cruel to him, but he still falls in love with her. Miss Havisham is teaching Estella to

hurt men, because she herself was deserted by her fiance

gentleman and receive a good education; he assumes that his benefactor is Miss Havisham. In London, Pip

In conclusion, I thought that this was a very well written book. It took me a while to get into it

center of his attractions. When she comes!

to London, he meets her, but she tries to warn Pip to stay away from her because she might hurt his

ashamed of Joe, because he is a commoner. At this time, Pip is around twenty years old. Estella is still the

her husband dead. There, Estella asks Pip to for!

feelings. She is being kind to him in the only way that she knows how. Around the same time, Pip

Approximate Word count = 637
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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