远大前程Pip人物分析

1,Pip’s Character

Pip’s immature, romantic idealism and his kind in nature are the two most marked characteristic. On the one hand, Pip fell in love with Estella at the first sight, but he could not marry her because of his inferior status. From that on, he had a deep desire to raise his social status, got a better education and to became a gentleman.

One day, Pip was told to get a great fortune and had a opportunity to be a gentleman .Without hesitation, he went to London to realize his great expectations. It is also easy to tell that Pip has a little greedy and desire to vanity. Then Pip changed extravagant and was ashamed of his friends even his family.

However , on the other hand, Pip is kind in nature. When he was a little boy he helped an escaped convict. He also helped a good friend Herbert to be a partner in a company abroad with his fortune secretly.

2, This title of the novel ,Great Expectations, is critical and ironic. Fate seems to play a trick on Pip. He have it one day and lose it one night. It was the convict, Magwitch, whom he once helped that gave him the large fortune and the great expectation, not Miss Havishame. However, Magwitch was arrested although he tried his best to hide him. At the same time, his beloved girl, Estella, married a bad man. At that time ,he realized his great expectations were bedashed.