GREAT EXPECTATIONS

 Summary                                                                                             

This is a novel of the great written Charles Dickens, that talks about the experiences developed in the life of our protagonist Philip Pirrip, an orphan child, raised under the tutelage of his sister Joe Gargery. A woman with a dominant behavior, married to the blacksmith Joe, an excellent man, who becomes in an unconditional support for Pip.

In the opening chapters of the novel, Pip is in the cemetery of the place with a man whom he considers frightening, because of his unreliable appearance, he is wounded and too dirty, Clearly he is an evader of justice, however, it will be An essential person in the development of the type of life of the child, however that separates of the principle.

At the time of the event, Pip is asked by Miss Havisham, an immensely wealthy lady, who lives in a large house fortified against thieves, so she can play with her protege, Estella, a young girl, who, despite his Undeniable disdain and contemptuous treatment towards him, he achieves without even proposing it, to motivate him to want to form one way or another as a gentleman and the way he can be worthy of pretending it romantically.

On the road to becoming educated, to have a better economic status, people know people who influence the decisions or directions to where he lives, including the young Herberth with whom he will experience various experiences, other important people Are Mr. Wemmick, Mr. Jaggers, Mr. Provis, among others.

Over time you can see the determination that this young man has to achieve his ideals, likewise, the fate and / or outcomes experienced by him and the rest of the protagonists of the novel.

The name of the novel is because Philip discover that his benefactor is the thief that he helped in the past and not Miss Havisham,

The end of the book is a little sad, because Philip try to become in a gentleman for to get the love of Estella, and they don´t finish together.

Main Ideas and Personal Experiences

Economic discrimination, this is for superficial people, who are interested, respects or includes others in their social circle, according to their economic status, basically values ​​people depending on their material goods.

For example: If someone enters a prestigious restaurant dressed in simple clothes, receives all kinds of looks and negative reviews for the way you saw.

This is discrimination because of the economic condition, also caused by prejudices.

Economic discrimination is present in schools, universities, public and private institutions, etc. And this is not unknown to anyone.

Ambition, because of the socio-economic situation, most people today have become ambitious, with the desire to want to obtain an acceptable economic level in one way or another, that is to say, to feel satisfied that thanks to what we have obtained, we project a Imposing or at least strong image before others.

For example, as in the case of the novel, it is influenced many times by the desire to appear to be someone different and thus to be recognized.

Determination, constant motivation, effort and perseverance, overcoming difficult obstacles, without abandoning or changing a decision made, to meet objectives, mainly academic, for the purpose of obtaining emotional satisfaction and economic benefit

An example of personal determination may be as in my case, learn to speak English.