Great Expectations

The book is about a boy called Pip who is an orphan because their parents had died and he lives with his sister and Joe, his brother- in law. One day, when Pip visits the gravestone of their parents in churchyard, a strange man comes there and he threatens if he cries or says something he will cut his throat and the strange man asks for food and drink.

The next day, Pip returns in the churchyard with the food and the strange man tells him that he escaped the prison-ship. This fact is very important in the story because afterwards the strange man give a reward. His uncle called Pumblechook invites Pip to visit Miss Havisham, who is a very rich woman and she is very sad due to his husband break up with her the day of wedding. Miss Havisham wants Pip to go to play with her and her daughter every day. Pip fall in love of Estella, the daughter, but they never go together. Pip works as blacksmith and he helps Joe who also wants to be a gentlemen, it’s his dream.

Afterwards Ms Jaggers, who is lawyer, tells Pip that there is a benefactor that he wants to pay for his education in London and he goes to London and he begins to learn to be a gentleman. His teacher is Ms Pocket and he meets a lot of people. A day, the man strange visits him he called Magwithc, and he says that he will pay him all to reward his kindness. Pip receives a letter that his sister died and so Orlick, who is a blacksmith working for Joe, wondered her. Pip wants to be a good gentleman to marry with Estela but Estela marries Dummle, who is a friend of Pip. Pip discovers that Estela is daughter with Migwithc and her mother called Molly, who was a waitress at Jagger and afterwards Ms Havisham adopted her. In the end, Pip return in his town and he visits Ms Havisham’s house and he finds Estella that she is widow and they are together.

We can see that the story is a mystery. Because Pip receives a lot of money but he doesn’t know who the person who gives it and why and after in the story we discover who is the person and why. Is Mighwitch , the prison-ship because to reward his kindness.

I recommend this book because it’s an amusing story because it is like a soap opera and if you like it I recommend it to you.