Great expectations

               东阳市顺风高中   高二7班  作品：Great expectations

                作者：胡诗梅       指导老师：韦海宁

                 本文获东阳市2010年读后感比赛民办高中组三等奖

      Great expectations is one of the most famous works written by Charles Dickens, a distinguished English novelist.

     Everyone has a Great expectation in his mind when we were children. However, there are only a few people who can really understand what a great expectation is, what is the value of life.

     The title of this book is ‘Great expectations” which make an impression on us that the character would have great expectations just as the title goes. But in fact this title has a tone of sarcastic on the other way around.

"Great Expectations" is mainly about true feelings and conflict of money.  The main character Pip is an orphan; he was brought up by his sister by hand. But his sister was very rough. Only her husband-- Joe Gargery, a village blacksmith protected him everywhere. During his childhood, Pip met a convict and saved his life by stealing his food from his home. Several days, he met Estella who was adopted by Miss Havisham and fell in love with her. But, he felt inferiority. In order to marry the beautiful but arrogant rich girl Estella, he wanted to become a wealthy gentleman. Just after that, there was a lawyer Mr Jaggers, came to tell Pip that he would inherit a considerable property. Then, he started his great expectations. He became rich and changed his original character. He began to hate his origin and families. Reading here, I really wanted to say" Wake up, Pip! Your life can not be destroyed by the money!" My curiosity drove me to read on. Soon, the truth would come to light. One day, late at night, Pip met a person who was saved by him during childhood. It was Mgwith. He helped Pip to make his dream come true. Pip became a gentleman. At the end of story, the convict was arrested, Pip suddenly lost all his wealth, and everything returned to the normal . At the moment, he thought about life again , and finally realized the true love and life.

      I was shocked to read this, If you were he, what would you choose, love or money? I believe most people would choose the money. But only when the true love you lose, will you realize its value? You see, how many people make great achievements in ancient and modern times ? You say, what do they depend on ?  My good friends, the real future is not the golden road with money, not made by our parents, but our efforts and hard work. Friends, let us learn to work hard to consider our future, come out of our blue sky, walk to our great expectations.

     I read the book twice before I wrote this reading report. I fully understand this novel, of course, twice is far from enough. Pip, Estella, Miss Havisham, every single character has a story that is well worth attracting my attention. I love this novel so much that I am determined to read the original edition one day. Believe me. But before that day comes, I will see the movie Great Expectations first.