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1、Idealism,MoneyandClass:ReadingGreatExpectationsIGreatexpectationsportrayshowthedestinationoftheprotagonistchangesandhowhegoestomaturity.Asthegreatestcriticalrealistin19thcentury,CharlesDickenshasproducedmanyfamousworksinhislifetime,whileGreatexpectationsishonoredashismostimportantonebymanycritic
2、s.Greatexpectationswasfinishedin1862,itfitsapatternpopularin19thcenturyEuropeanfiction:thebildungsromanthatfollowsthedevelopmentoftheheroandheroinefromchildhoodoradolescenceintoadulthoodthroughatroubledquestforident让y.1Infact,manyeventsfromDickensesearlylifearemirroredinthenovel,which,apartfromD
3、avidCoppetfield,ishismostautobiographicalnovel.Pip,thenoveFsprotagonist,livesinthemarshcountry,worksatajobhehates,dreamsofabetterlifeandexperiencesmaterialsuccessinLondoninveryearlylife,exactlyasDickenshimselfdid,andthedescriptionoflawandcourtalsoreflectsDickens'slifeexperience・Atthebeginningoft
4、henovel,Pipisayoungorphanwhoisbroughtupbyhiscapriciousandbad-temperedsiste匚Fortunately,hisbrother-inlaw,ablacksmithcalledJoe,alwaystrieshisbesttoprotectPipfromhurt,andpip'soriginalaspirationistobeapprenticedtoJoe.Oneday,hesavesanescapedcriminalcalledMagwitchingraveyard,afterwardsPipistakentoSati
5、sHouse,hefallsinlovewithawealthyandproudlady,Estella,whowasadoptedbyastrange,vengefulMissHavisham.BeingridiculedandtauntedbyEstellamakeshimrealizethehugedisparitybetweenthem,whichalsoresultsinthechangeofhisattitudetowardlife.Inordertomatchher,Pipdreamsofbeingagentlemanofuppersocietyratherthanabl
6、acksmith.Oneday,afamouslawyercalledJaggersfromLondontellspipthatheisgoingtoinheritalargemountofpropertyfromananonymousman,Pipcanlivealifelikeothergentlemen・Meanwhilethosepeoplewholookeddownuponpipcometoflatterhim.Influencedbytheupper-classlifestyle,hisattitudetowardthepoorchanges,andhethinkshisf
7、ormerfriends,suchasJoe,Biddy,areuncivilizedandvulgar,treatsthemsnobbishlyandcoldly,buthestilllovesEstelladeeply.Oneevening,heknowsthepersonwhohasbeensupportinghimistheescapedconvicthesavedingraveyard,whoriskhislifetoreturnLo
