【正文】 ll important ponents of the story. Great Expectations is set in early Victorian England, a time when great social changes were sweeping the nation. The Industrial Revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries had transformed the social landscape, enabling capitalists and manufacturers to amass huge fortunes. Although social class was no longer entirely dependent on the circumstances of one’s birth, the divisions between rich and poor remained nearly as wide as ever. London, a teeming mass of humanity, lit by gas lamps at night and darkened by black clouds from smokestacks during the day, formed a sharp contrast with the nation’s sparsely populated rural areas. More and more people moved from the country to the city in search of greater economic opportunity. Throughout England, the manners of the upper class were very strict and conservative: gentlemen and ladies were expected to have thorough classical educations and to behave appropriately in innumerable social situations. These conditions defined Dickens’s time, and they make themselves felt in almost every facet of Great Expectations. Pip’s sudden rise from country laborer to city gentleman forces him to move from one social extreme to another while dealing with the strict rules and expectations that governed Victorian England. Ironically, this novel about the desire for wealth and social advancement was written partially out of economic necessity.In form Great Expectations fits a pattern popular in nineteenthcentury European fiction: the bildungsroman or novel depicting growth and personal development generally a transition from boyhood to manhood such as that experienced by Pip. Great Expectations depicts a process of maturation and selfdiscovery through experience as a protagonist moves from childhood to adulthood. Pip is a vivid character in Great Expectations that opened out the gentleman’s life of upper class in England and exposed the evils of the capitalistic society. she could also use her tickler, her ring and her thimble as instrument of torture. She had all sorts of unreasonable rules. Mrs. Joe was also fond of pretence, and advertised her to be Pip’s benefactor who brought little Pip up. In reality she never gave Pip any tender care but maltreatment.Pip’s industrious, kind, simple in terrible circumstances were mainly due to Joe. Joe was Pip’s fort and source of happiness. Joe represented the virtues of the working class. He was hard working, honest and kind. In bringing Pip up, Joe’s attitude was quite different from others. He sincerely did all he could for Pip. He was Pip’s fellowsufferer. He never maltreated Pip, but protected Pip from Mrs. Joe’s bullying.During this period, Pip, a little boy, also represented his juvenility in childhood. At Christmas lunch time, Pip was scared that his secret would e to light, and he would be rebuked by his sister, but what he was thinking at that time was to tweak Mr. Woplse’s big nose. Mr. Woplse’s Roman nose so aggravated me, during the recital of my misdemeanours, That I should have liked to pull it until he howled. Pip felt very guilty of what he had done behind his sister’s back. He even thought everyone all wanted to find out his secret, and he was convinced thatThe wish to improve his status became strong and strong. As a result, he was no longer as simple as before, and against his inherent nature of kindness. He changed to hate the environment he lived in.After that, when we went into super, the place and the meal would have a more homely look than ever, and I would feel more ashamed of home than ever, in my own ungracious breast. Finally, I remember that when I got into my litter bedroom I was truly wretched, and had a strong conviction on me that I should never like Joe’s trade. I had liked it once, but I had liked it once, but was not B. Being the Inheritor of a Large Amount of Cryptic Property1. The Cryptic PropertyWhen Mr. Jaggers told Pip that he would inherit a large amount of property right now, Pip’s wish came true.“politeness”. He felt ashamed, just because he would not look in the hunted wounded shackled creature who held my hand in his, I only saw a man who had meant to be my benefactor, and who had felt affectionately, gratefully, and generously, towards me with great constancy through a series of Until now, the hero Pip changed a lot, and his pursuit changed, too. Though lost of theMagwitch was merciful to Pip, because Pip was the only person he could give his warmth and mercy. When Pip was a little child, he provided food for hungry Magwitch. In order to save Pip from blame, Magwitch said that he ever stole something from Joe’s house before he was carried back to prison. From then on, Magwitch decided to make Pip a gentleman through his money from his heavy work. Now he even returned back from Australia to see Pip, a gentleman he brought up, in the danger of being captured. Because as an exile, he would be executed by hanging if he was found in England. In the beginning, the sight of Mgwitch was repulsive to Pip，because the convict and him belonged to the same class. His“great expectations” of bourgeoisie society in mind, and his original kindness as a poor child of the laboring class revived. Pip ever said that it was for the convict that he had deserted Joe. Precisely the convict reignited his essentiality. He got his