Wrapping Up Great Expectations

             I think a huge theme Dickens was trying to get across to all his readers was being satisfied with who you are and what you have. As a whole, at some point in everybody’s life you think “wow I wish I had enough money to do that” or “look at how pretty she is, I wish I could look like that.” Unless you feel very proud of who you are, which you should, it could be pretty safely said that many people struggle with thoughts like this often.  I think Dickens really wants people to just be comfortable with who they are and love yourself for your good qualities, I think he showed well that when you go out and try to be something you’re not, your lying to yourself and maybe even hurting the people around you. So denying your true self and how you actually are really does more bad than good. I like this theme; I think it could be easily over looked while reading because you could just be thinking about the characters, but if you think about it this theme really relates to everybody. Especially teenagers have feelings that they need to be better than what they are, people the same age as Pip around the time he decides he wants something “better.” Dickens does a great job of adding this theme, because its only there if you think about it, but it really is relatable to almost all people.