Great Expectations

　" 'You must know,' said Estella, condescending to me as a beautiful woman might, that I have no heart—if that has anything to do with my memory.” (Pg. 235) In the novel Great Expectations Pip’s has a hard time realizing that expectations are sometimes not met. That in this world of nothing is fair, that we who have expectations, must realize that we will not always achieve our goal. Only when we set our mind to it we can do anything.
Pip, through all the adventures and time past in his life found out what it meant to have great expectations. Having let go of his past with Joe he had expectations that he thought must be met. In life we have expectations to. When we want something to get done or to do something ect. That is our expectations. In the novel Pip’s expectations were not met as he did not set his mind to something. He just kept going on expecting things to happen. “ Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations." (pg.342)
" 'for I have seen you give him looks and smiles this very night, such as you never give to- me.' 'Do you want me then,' said Estella, turning suddenly with a fixed and serious, if not angry, look, 'to deceive and entrap you?' 'Do you deceive and entrap him Estella?' 'Yes, and many others-all of them but you.'" (Pg. 307) This quote describes Pip’s love for Estella and how he was determined to get her. His expectations were to marry Estella then go off into the world and live his life. But Pip did not set his mind on that. He thought that when the time comes it will happen just like when the leaves fall if the tree for winter. Though Pip was a man with power he would not consider the fact that everything does not come your way. If you want something you have to work for it and not wait for it to happen.
In life we find that rewards do not come willingly. That if you want something you have to stand up for what you believe in. That in this world nothing is fair. We who here stand are ready to believe that everything can be reached within grasp. Pip’s life is filled with the thought that he knows everything. Pip is so full of himself that he doesn’t think any common job would be good. He wanted to be a gentlemen and own a lot of money. At the end when Pip has nothing and he goes home he realizes what expectations really mean. It means you have to believe and work for something. "That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day."( pg.490)