Suffering is perhaps the most important theme or idea in the book Great Expectations. The whole story is about Pip's suffering throughout his life and what he seeks to discover that ultimately leads him to even more pain. Everyone he is closest to has suffered all their lives, like Miss Havisham, Magwitch, and Estella. The book ends with a hope that resolves all the pain throughout the lives of all the main characters and even the supporting characters. Throughout Pip's childhood, he and those he was closest to also suffered in his process of becoming a gentleman, and when his journey comes to an end, he faces even more pain in him, of lost love and curiosity. If the book had been renamed, its best title would be “Expected Suffering.” From the beginning of Pip's life, he already suffers from the loss of his parents. He then had to live with his older sister, Mrs. Joe, who subjected him to numerous tortures during his childhood. For example, when he went to the cemetery without her approval, she would fill his mouth with tar water just to prove something to him. It wasn't just Mrs. Joe, but also the inmate who put a dark image in his head of a certain person who would come and kill him if he didn't get him what he wanted, something Pip couldn't do. finally can't stop worrying. approximately after his return from the cemetery. Once Pip starts visiting Miss Havisham, it is evident that the way she designed the Satis house is filled with such weak, dark and depressing emotion due to the experiences she had to endure during his past. Miss Havisham's suffering, however, defined her character. "Miss Havisham herself, of course, is the novel's great victim, abandoned on her wedding day... middle of paper......rity, and it sealed the end of her story with pain and the difficulties of life After losing his parents and his sister, his best friend, and being treated heartlessly by the love of his life, Pip still manages to cope satisfactorily with the little hope. that he has with Estella and his relative's child who looks just like him in a scary way. It's not the best ending but it could have been worse for the young man. of Pip's life really suffers the worst and only gets a little resemblance from it. "Suffering in Great Expectations." Web, May 17, 2014. "SparkNote on Great Expectations." SparkNotes.com SparkNotes LLC 2007. Web April 30, 2014. Dickens, Charles “Chapter 59 »..