Wrapping Up Great Expectations

       Great Expectations was a huge book, full of different themes that could be percieved, but the iverall theme that stood out for me was that you don't need all the riches in the world, unlimited wealth, and to have the highest social status to be happy and content with yourself.  I think the story is really about Pip as someone who starts off not knowing what he truly wants to be, so he lets society and misconceptions overwhelm him, causing him to cave in, after Estella's blatent insults, to be a gentleman.  This is what Pip thinks he wants, but its not, and he never feels completely happy, he still has a place in his heart for his hometown and Joe.  When he returns at the end of the novel, every possible weight off his shoulders, including Estella, Pip feels happy for once, and he learns that going through all of that wasn't at all necessary for him to feel like relieved.  I think this book is relevant to people because everyone has a dream of becoming something more than we already are.