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1、ThegreatexpectationofPipandMagwitchWeallknowthatchapter39istheturningpointofthewholenovel.PipknowsthathissponsorisnotMissHavisham,buttheescapedprisonerMagwitch,whoissavedbyPip.ThistruthmakesPip’sgreatexpectationshattered.Fromthecontext,wecanseethat“thegreat
2、expectation”isakindofambitionfrombothPipandMagwitch.Itissuchanambitionthatholdupthelifeofbothtwopeopleandbringalotofchangetotheircharacter.Andtheambitionisalsotheindicationofone’slife.First,let’sseePip’sambition.Althoughthetextdon’tillustrateitclearly,wecan
3、inferfromseveraldetails.Atthebeginningofthetext,Pipstatesthat“Ihadatasteforreading,andreadregularlysomanyhoursaday.”ThisstatecanfullydemonstratethatPiphasastrongeagertolearnknowledge,whichmeansthathewantstobecomearealgentlemanintheupperclass.AndwhenPipistol
4、dthathisbenefactorisMagwitch,ratherthanMissHavisham.Heisshocked,disappointedaswellasheart-broken.Herepeats“Estella,Estella”,whichtellsusthathisintentiontobecomeagentlemanwasbecauseofEstella,hewantstobeabletomatchwithher.Fromtheabove,wecanconcludethatPip’sam
5、bitionistobeagentlemanandgetaccesstoEstella.ThegreatexpectationdescribesnotonlyPip’sambition,butalsootherpeople’sambition,includingthatblacksmithJoe’s,Pip’sfriendHerbertandhisbenefactorMagwitch’s.Let’stakeMagwitch’sambitioninthetextforexample.Ithinkhisisrat
6、hercomplicatedthanPip’s.Therearetwomainlyambitions:oneisthathewantstorepayPipforsavinghislife,anotheristhathewantstoshowhisgreatnessformakingalittleboyintoagentlemaninupperclass,whichisalsoakindofdissatisfactiontothesociety.Justashementionedinthetext,“Itell
7、it,furyoutoknowasthattherehunteddunghilldogwotyoukeptlifein,gothisheadsohighthathecouldmakeagentleman”.Thesocietytreathimasanastydogandheislookeddownuponthosepeopleintheupperclass.Buthehasanabilitytoturnavillageboyintoagentleman,andhethinkshimselfisnobleran
8、dgreaterthanthosepeople.Heuseshisactiontosatirizethem.Theambitioninpeople’sheartislikeaguidinglightintheirway.Asone’sambitionchanges,people’sbehaviormaychangeaccordinglyandunconsciously.Pipstudieshardi
