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Great Expectations

In his novel, Great Expectations, Charles Dickens uses the theme of being happy without changing who one truly is. The main focus of this theme is on Pip, the most important person in the novel who undergoes many changes to try to make others happy. After going through many hardships and dealing with multiple disappointments, Pip realizes that he is not making himself happy and eventually turns into a genuinely good man.
From the moment the reader begins the novel, much sympathy is felt for the caring, harmless boy known as Pip. This is mainly due to the fact that Pip’s parents are “dead and buried” and that he orphan has “never seen any likeness of either of them”(Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, p.1). One night while visiting the cemetery, Pip runs into a convict by the name of Abel Magwitch, and starts being threatened by him. Pip is told that he wants food and being the caring boy he is, he goes home and steals some for him. After bringing him food, Pip can’t......


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