Discuss, Great Expectation is a story or novel of a boy’s pilgrimage to the heart of a narrow minded daughter.
It is well known to us that Charles Dickens is a great writer of 19th Century Fiction. He has created many creations and Great Expectation is one of the best and most successful novels. In this novel Pip is the narrator and he is also the protagonist. After observing the novel subtly we can decide that Pip is a pilgrimage but there is a little different between a real pilgrimage and Pip.
Pip is an orphan who lost his parents in his immature age. He grew up with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. Joe who is very simple and honest. Joe loves Pip just like his son because they have no child. Pip also respects him more than his sister from his childhood. Joe is a blacksmith. So, Pip wants to be a good blacksmith like Joe. He works hard with Joe.
In a moment, Pip has got a chance to do a job in Miss Havisham’s house. There he meets with Estella who is so beautiful but Miss Havisham makes her to break up the heart of male generation. So Estella becomes stony hearted.
At the first time, when Pip goes to Miss Havisham’s house to appoint his job at that time Estella receives Pip with cruel gratings. She insults him for his dress; though he wears his best dresses. Actually, Pip does not think much about the matter. He observes the real beauty of Estella. Another day when Estella gives Pip a chance to kiss her Pip thinks really she loves him. Gradually he falls in love with the beauty of Estella. Then his previous plan and dream have totally changed. Now he wants to be a gentleman only for Estella, and he starts thinking actually Joe as a lower class people whom he loved once. Only for Estella he begins hating his nearest and dearest persons.
In a situation, he gains a chance to be a gentleman. So he leaves the town and goes to a city. There he faces a lot of problem and difficulties. Though he gets many friends but he also catches many enemies.
He tries his best to be a gentleman and he becomes a gentle by his dress but not from his heart and manner. He always dreams Estella. Only for getting Estella he can do anything.
When Mr. Magwitch, who is Pip’s well-wisher, dies Pip becomes owe and realizes that Estella is a vogue dream of her life. Then Joe again comes to Pip and saves him from all debts. At last Pip understands his fault and comes to his real world from his imagery world.
After some days he goes to Egypt to get job. There he works many years and gradually he becomes a perfect man.
Naturally, people go to pilgrimage for getting pardon from their sin and gaining the blessing of God. In this novel Pip also does a pilgrimage to get Estella’s favor; but it is totally different from reality. At first he did not get her but when he returns home after many hears and goes to Estella’s house at that time he observes that Estella has been kept only for him. Finally, Pip gets Estella’s favor and Estella gets Pip. So, it is a perfect pilgrimage for Pip.