Great Expectations. Recently, a movie loosely based upon this book was directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starred Gweynth Paltrow and Ethan

Hawke. Great Expectations is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably

change his life forever. Through the surprising interactions of these vivid characters, this timeless story takes a unique and contemporary look at

life's great coincidences. (Movieweb) In the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, a boy named Philip Pirrip (called Pip) was an orphan,

raised by his sister who was twenty years older than he was. He was a very kind and sensitive character. His sister, Mrs. Georgiana Maria

Gargery (called Mrs. Joe), was " not a good looking woman" (Dickens) and was very abusive towards Pip and Joe Gargery, the husband of Mrs.

Joe. Joe was the Village Blacksmith and was very fond of Pip. The story begins with Pip at a graveyard visiting the tombstones of the parents he

has never met when suddenly a convict, later identified as Abel

acquaintance of Pips. When Pip reached the age of twenty-three Abel Magwitch, under the cover name Provis, who identified himself as Pip's

considered Estella's equal intellectually. During his apprenticeship Mrs. Joe was attacked by Orlick and became paralyzed. Biddy was then hired

that left Miss Havisham at the altar many years ago. He also learns that Provis is Estella's father and that Molly is her mother. Pip and Herbert

happened before his execution got to take place. Pip told Provis that Estella got brought up like a lady and that he loved her, which comforted him

then moved to New York, New York to pursue his art career. In the beginning of the film Fin is eight years old, opposed to the seven-year-old

did not pursue his art anymore, and he thought that the best thing for him to do was to become a 'man' and live in reality, not his own world that

notion to the modern world should have made the filmmakers pause before tampering with Dickens' masterful tale of a young man's transcendence

movie, although in the book his last name was Gargery. Fin's older sister, now under the name Maggie, also does not have a last name in the

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