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1、ThegreatexpectationofPipandMagwitchWeallknowthatchapter39istheturningpointofthewholenovel.PipknowsthathissponsorisnotMissHavisham,buttheescapedprisonerMagwitch,whoissavedbyPip.ThistruthmakesPip’sgreatexpectationshattered.Fromthecontext,wecanseethat“thegreatexpectation”isak
2、indofambitionfrombothPipandMagwitch.Itissuchanambitionthatholdupthelifeofbothtwopeopleandbringalotofchangetotheircharacter.Andtheambitionisalsotheindicationofone’slife.First,let’sseePip’sambition.Althoughthetextdon’tillustrateitclearly,wecaninferfromseveraldetails.Atthebeg
3、inningofthetext,Pipstatesthat“Ihadatasteforreading,andreadregularlysomanyhoursaday.”ThisstatecanfullydemonstratethatPiphasastrongeagertolearnknowledge,whichmeansthathewantstobecomearealgentlemanintheupperclass.AndwhenPipistoldthathisbenefactorisMagwitch,ratherthanMissHavis
4、ham.Heisshocked,disappointedaswellasheart-broken.Herepeats“Estella,Estella”,whichtellsusthathisintentiontobecomeagentlemanwasbecauseofEstella,hewantstobeabletomatchwithher.Fromtheabove,wecanconcludethatPip’sambitionistobeagentlemanandgetaccesstoEstella.Thegreatexpectationd
5、escribesnotonlyPip’sambition,butalsootherpeople’sambition,includingthatblacksmithJoe’s,Pip’sfriendHerbertandhisbenefactorMagwitch’s.Let’stakeMagwitch’sambitioninthetextforexample.IthinkhisisrathercomplicatedthanPip’s.Therearetwomainlyambitions:oneisthathewantstorepayPipfor
6、savinghislife,anotheristhathewantstoshowhisgreatnessformakingalittleboyintoagentlemaninupperclass,whichisalsoakindofdissatisfactiontothesociety.Justashementionedinthetext,“Itellit,furyoutoknowasthattherehunteddunghilldogwotyoukeptlifein,gothisheadsohighthathecouldmakeagent
7、leman”.Thesocietytreathimasanastydogandheislookeddownuponthosepeopleintheupperclass.Buthehasanabilitytoturnavillageboyintoagentleman,andhethinkshimselfisnoblerandgreaterthanthosepeople.Heuseshisactiontosatirizethem.Theambitioninpeople’sheartislikeaguidinglightintheirway.As
8、one’sambitionchanges,people’sbehaviormaychangeaccordinglyandunconsciously.Pipstudieshardi
