Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) Summary

SUMMARY

In England in the 1800s many children were  orphans and had  a very bad life. One of these children was Pip. He lived in a village with his brother, a blacksmith, and one day he finds a fugitive on the marshes. He helps the fugitive to escape.

Some time later Pip receives money from someone he doesn't know who and travels to London where he becames a gentleman. This is Pip's story full of adventures, love and hates and mistery.

In the end Pip will show how life is and that the most  important thing in life is to be honest.

  Pip is a young orphan boy living with his sister Mrs. Joe and her husband Joe Gargery in the marshes of Kent. One evening Pip sits in the nearby graveyard staring at his parent’s tombstones, when out of nowhere a convict comes  up from behind the tombstones and grabs Pip. The convict orders Pip to get him food and a file for his leg irons. Pip obeys in fear, but when he comes back with the items the convict has been captured. The convict also defends Pip by saying he stole these items from him. Days go by and Pip goes with  his uncle Mr. Pumblechook to play at Satis house, the wealthy Miss Havisham. During his visit he meets a young girl called  Estella. Although she treats him poorly on his visit. Pip falls in love with her and dreams of becoming a wealthy gentlemen to be with her . Time goes by and Pip visits the Satis house regularly. With Miss Havishams guidance Pip becomes an apprentice of his brother-in-law, Joe, who is the village blacksmith. Pip  works but unhappily and struggles to get a better education from the help of plain, Biddy. Later one night Pips sister, Mrs. Joe, is attacked viscously by an unknown suspect. Pip thinks he knows who did it but he isn’t positive. Time flies by and Pip meets a lawyer named Jaggers who tells him he has a secret benefactor with a large fortune for him, but he must go to London. 

OUR OPINION ABOUT GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Miguel: I didn't like this book.  It's was boring. All the time was the same story. I think a good book needs to talk about more than two things and this book only talks about one thing: The poor guy who has  great expectations.

Fran: It was  boring. I didn't like it.  Maybe it  is a good book but in my opinion it's very boring the story is the same story all the time.

Sergio: I think it's OK but sometimes you know what is going to happen and this style is a little bit boring.

Sandra: In the middle of the book I didn't understand so much but the story is good.

Nadia: I like this  book, but I prefer the other one  about witches  because in  the first part it's interesting but then it start to be boring.

Sara: I like the book, but I think there are many books better than this,for example, the other book that we have read. Apart from this, the story is a little bit boring and like Sergio has said, sometimes you know what is going to happen but...