Throughout the novel “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens, it becomes clear that Pip, the protagonist, has many goals, implied by the work’s own title, as seen above, which metamorphose as more pages are flipped. More specifically, there are, I would say, four main transformations of expectations. These can be seen through specific, formative events within the life of Pip. And while there are only four important metamorphoses, it must first be said that, at the beginning, Pip has no expectations. This, I feel, paves the path for the rest of my book and, also, this essay.
As said above, in the opening section of Great Expectations, Pip has no hyper-conjectures: he lives only, day by day, in his present. To exemplify this case, during Pip’s first encounter with the …show more content…
They do so because these expectations were built around Estella, and if the pillar herself is gone then the they are too.
Pip, empty and without direction, has one final great expectation that lies within the convict Magwitch who also happens to be his benefactor. This expectation is due to Magwitch being wanted by London officials and, thus, Pip feels as if he needs to protect this man (which also backs my point in the previous paragraph). Yet, in the end, the old man is caught and executed. This event is the most formative for Pip because, after this, Pip no longer has great expectations.
In the end the book, Pip being a middle aged man, we see no great expectations. Pip says he “works hard for a good living,” and that is it. Is this not remicient to the first pages, yet in a more mature way? Pip in the beginning just wanted to live, and the same goes here. He just wants to be.
And in the last pages of the novel, Pip sees the mist of his hometown rise. Sunshine ensues. Similarly, Pip’s expectations are now lifted. Pip is now free. Pip can finally see as he did on the first page while looking at the
As said above, in the opening section of Great Expectations, Pip has no hyper-conjectures: he lives only, day by day, in his present. To exemplify this case, during Pip’s first encounter with the …show more content…
They do so because these expectations were built around Estella, and if the pillar herself is gone then the they are too.
Pip, empty and without direction, has one final great expectation that lies within the convict Magwitch who also happens to be his benefactor. This expectation is due to Magwitch being wanted by London officials and, thus, Pip feels as if he needs to protect this man (which also backs my point in the previous paragraph). Yet, in the end, the old man is caught and executed. This event is the most formative for Pip because, after this, Pip no longer has great expectations.
In the end the book, Pip being a middle aged man, we see no great expectations. Pip says he “works hard for a good living,” and that is it. Is this not remicient to the first pages, yet in a more mature way? Pip in the beginning just wanted to live, and the same goes here. He just wants to be.
And in the last pages of the novel, Pip sees the mist of his hometown rise. Sunshine ensues. Similarly, Pip’s expectations are now lifted. Pip is now free. Pip can finally see as he did on the first page while looking at the