In chapter 44 I finally realize what I think was Dickens point when writing this Novel. We all have different Expectations for life. However, what does Expectations mean but what we want to get from life, what we can take from life and get away with it. For example in the novel: Mrs. Havisham wants revenge. She wants all the revenge she can get and nothing else. Estella... She wants to be loved or even better admired. If people don't admire her she becomes unhappy. The only reason this is her expectation is because she conformed to her guardian's expectation. Joe, a truly caring person, just wants Pip's life to be joyful and successful. If Joe can get this assurance out of life, he will be happy. Mrs. Joe wanted for her life to be peaceful and easy. She didn't want all of the responsibilities of the household. Dickens showed that some don't follow their dreams and end up becoming so conformed they turn into an object of society. Uncle Pumblechook, unlike Joe, wants all of the credit for Pip's fortune. People recognizing Pip's achievement through Pumblechook makes him happy. Of all these Expectations people have in life, Pip has the Greatest Expectation of all. Pip is the only one that seems to see that if you can get this out of life, then you should be happy and will be happy. This this is Love. All Pip wants is to be loved. He doesn't want the money, he doesn't want to conform to Society, he just wants to love and be loved in return. If Pip can find this love he knows he will have reached his Expectation and be Happy.
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I don't disagree, but do believe you have made some very fine points. Conformity is a great topic. The idea of thinking you want something, but finding out it wasn't what you expected, hence the title. How about applying it to the social aspect? What happens to Miss Havisham? The woman who has everything? Estella? Jaggers? Magwitch? Drummle, & Herbert Pocket? You mention conformity as becoming an object or being used by society, so how does Dickens use this and why? What is his purpose? Remember too, this is a novel where the main character grows and changes. You touch upon the idea of growth, but leave us hanging when it comes to change. What causes Pip to realize his "great expectation"?
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