Great_Expectations

Great Expectations There are several themes in the novel Great Expectations, many of which are shown through the character of Pip. In the beginning of the book, Pip was completely happy with his life and where it was going until he met Estella and Miss Havisham. Estella and Miss Havisham, however, destroy his ambitions by teaching him to be ashamed of his coarse and common life. Pip was content with his life until Estella and Miss Havisham ruined his dreams and left him searching for the things that he wish he had. In the beginning of the book, Pip was happy with his place in life. Because Pip was poorly treated by all of his relatives except Joe, Joe was close to the only positive thing in Pip’s life. Pip looked up to Joe and was looking forward to being his apprentice in the forge. In the beginning his attitude was different as well. Pip had everything he needed and didn’t feel like he needed to prove himself to anyone. He was satisfied with his life in the forge and his pip, life, joe, estella, miss, havisham, forge, happy, great, expectations, beginning, until, things, thing, needed, looked, however, good, didn’t, book, biddy, wish, whole, wealth, wanted, unnecessary, uneducated, tries, treatment, treated, through, thought, themes, teaching, status, spend, source, snobbery, shown, should, several, security, searching, satisfied, ruined, relatives, realized, rather, prove, positive