dual that undergoes several major changes throughout the story. In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens introduces the reader to many intriguing and memorable characters, including the eccentric recluse, Miss Havisham, the shrewd and careful lawyer, Mr. Jaggers, and the benevolent convict, Abel Magwitch. However, without a doubt, Great Expectations is the story of Pip and his initial dreams and resulting disappointments that eventually lead to him becoming a genuinely good man. The significant changes that Pip's character goes through are very important to one of the novel's many themes. Dickens uses Pip's deterioration from an innocent boy into an arrogant gentleman and his redemption as a good-natured person to illustrate the idea that unrealistic hopes and expectations can lead to undesirable traits. At the conclusion of Great Expectations, the reader most likely finds Pip's fate acceptable and enjoyable. Earlier in his life, he had changed from an innocuous, caring boy into an egotistical young man as a result of his non-realistic hopes and expectations. However, when those expectations came to an end, so did his undesirable traits, as he was shown to be a truly good-natured person. Therefore, it is fitting that, in both of Dickens' final episodes, Pip is happy and content with his life.
             It is here that if we unravel the simplicity of Great Expectations and the concealed erudition in Of Mice And Men, we see that their antithetical nature in context are balanced out by their convergence of analogous virtues and intrinsic beliefs. The initial collision of similarity between the two novels is the relationships and hardships of the characters.
             Great Expectations explores various rapports amongst the many captivating characters in the novel, but the pivotal relationship in the novel is that between Pip and Mr Joe Gargery. Pip is the narrator as well as the protagonist of the story. Pip is an orphan being raised by his sister, Mrs. J...