Summary
Pip is a poor and uneducated boy who lives in a small village in Essex with his sister. His parents were died when he was a baby. His bigger sister raised him up. People live in the village are hard working with little money. When Pip is told he has “great expectation”, he starts new ways of living and suffers a lot from it. He is financially supported by a secret person, who he thought was an old rich lady in a dark house. He is educated in town to be gentleman. Since then, he is ashamed of his friends in the village and himself too. When he gradually finds the truth of this expectation, he become grateful to all the people he knows. It is his convict who he met on the marshes keeps repaying him. Pip and his friend try to help him to escape from London. However, the man is badly sick by hit. He gets to know that his daughter is still alive before he died. Pip loves her first sight he see her. In the end, pip becomes a successful businessman.

Reaction:
The plot of this story is very attractive to read. When I finish reading the first few chapters, I can not stop thinking about what it will happen to Pip in the following chapters. “Great expectation” brings him luck; meanwhile, it is making him suffer a lot from it. Any future is not that easy to get or could be given by others. It is good for him finally gain his wealth by his hand, and start his own way of living.