“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.”
Great Expectations is a first person point of view bildungsroman centered around the development of Pip, a boy growing up in England who has set himself up to the great expectations of becoming a gentleman while still attempting to retain his original kind heart.. "A loving heart is the truest wisdom." -Charles Dickens |