Great Expectations Great Expectations This book takes place during the late 1800's and is a story about a confused child and his struggles though out life. It is broken down into three different stages. As the novel opens, Pip (main character) is wandering amongst his parents' tombstones in which he confronts an escaped convict. This criminal threatens Pip and tells him that in order for him to have his life spared, Pip has to bring …showed first 75 words of 896 total…

…showed last 75 words of 896 total…ver really had but he dies a day later. After this Pip becomes very ill and Joe comes to visit him. The story concludes with Pip going back to Miss Havisham's, who died a few years earlier. There he is surprised to find Estella who is now a widow. Furthermore, at the end of the story, the two take a long walk together and discover how both of their lives have changed drastically. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**