Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens is a fascinating work that highlights the life of a young man Pip, from childhood to adulthood. In his life, this character goes through many experiences which all contribute to his growth and development. The theme of love is dominant in this novel as presented by the main characters and other characters. The different types of love articulated in the story play an important role in Pip's life as the main character. Pip's life as the story unfolds is full of so much misery. He is an individual who wishes to achieve a new status in society, but he must face social injustice which seems to prevent him from succeeding. Characters like Miss Havisham, Estella, Drummle, Herbert Pocket and Magwitch play a crucial role in developing the theme of love. They are somehow associated with Pip and their interaction impacts his life in different ways. The course of Pip's character's life is to a large extent influenced by the type of love he is exposed to by all of these characters. Love is a strong emotion expressed between people who care about each other. In Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, many scenes and interactions were used to show love. Pip, one of the main characters in the novel, had interactions with other characters and in their relationships, love was mentioned and played a special role in his life. At the beginning of the novel, the audience is treated to an orphan scene. at the cemetery. The young boy tries to remember his missing loved ones. There must have been love between Pip and his parents. This type of love between parents and children can also be used to represent middle of paper ... him frustrating his efforts towards prosperity while those who love him facilitate his ambition to become a gentleman in society. Works Cited. Barbara Hardy. Dickens and the Passions Nineteenth-Century Fiction.Vol. 24, No. 4, TheCharles Dickens Centennial (March 1970), pp. 449-466Charles Dickens. Great expectations. Bizarro Press, 2009John H. Hagan, Jr. The Poor Man's Maze: The Theme of Social Injustice in Dickens' "GreatExpectations" Nineteenth-Century Fiction Vol. 9, no. 3 (December 1954), pp. 169-178 Families of choice by Holly Furneaux Charles Dickens: elective affinities, substitution between brothers and sisters, nineteenth-century literatureVol. 62, no. 2 (September 2007), pp. 153-192Zoe Ripple. New Life, Old Love in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Retrieved from http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/ge/ripple17.html