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1、Great expectationsThe story is divided into three phases of Pips life expectations.In the first expectation, Pip lives a humble existence with his ill-tempered older sister and her strong but gentle husband. This life is suddenly turned upside down when he is visited by a London attorney, Mr. Jagger
2、s, who informs Pip that he is to come into the Great Expectation of a handsome property and be trained to be a gentleman at the behest of an anonymous benefactor.The second stage of Pips expectations has Pip in London, learning the details of being a gentlemen, having tutors, fine clothing, and join
3、ing cultured society. At the end of this stage, Pip is introduced to his benefactor, again changing his world.The third and last stage of Pips expectations alters Pips life from the artificially supported world of his upper class strivings and introduces him to realities that he realizes he must deal with, facing moral, physical and financial challenges. Pip does, however, use the perspective of the bitter lessons hes learned to comment acidly on various actions and attitudes in his earlier life.