GreatexpectationsThestoryisdividedintothreephasesofPip'slifeexpectations.Inthefirstexpectation,Piplivesahumbleexistencewithhisill-temperedoldersisterandherstrongbutgentlehusband.ThislifeissuddenlyturnedupsidedownwhenheisvisitedbyaLondonattorney,Mr.Jaggers,whoinformsPipthatheistocomeintothe"GreatExpectation"ofahandsomepropertyandbetrainedtobeagentlemanatthebehestofananonymousbenefactor.ThesecondstageofPip'sexpectationshasPipinLondon,learningthedetailsofbeingagentlemen,havingtutors,fineclothing,andjoiningculturedsociety.Attheendofthisstage,Pipisintroducedtohisbenefactor,againchanginghisworld.ThethirdandlaststageofPip'sexpectationsaltersPip'slifefromtheartificiallysupportedworldofhisupperclassstrivingsandintroduceshimtorealitiesthatherealizeshemustdealwith,facingmoral,physicalandfinancialchallenges.Pipdoes,however,usetheperspectiveofthebitterlessonshe'slearnedtocommentacidlyonvariousactionsandattitudesinhisearlierlife.