From the publisher: In Great Expectations , Pip—symbolic of the pilgrim convert—gains both improved fortunes and a growth in wisdom, but as he acquires the latter, he must relinquish the former—ending with a wealth of profound goodness, not of worldly goods. Memoria Press recommends Great Expectations as a summer readi Memoria Press product: https://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/literature-and-poetry/great-expectations/