The Process of Regression from Alienation to Humanity——An Analysis of Great Expectation by Charles D

388\ CHAMING CHINA魅力论坛The Process of Regression fromAlienation to Humanity一An Analysis of Great Expectation by Charles Dickens◎张持(四川大学外国语学院，四川成都610065)中图分类号: D669 文献标识码: A文章编号: 1673-0992 <2011) 06-388-01Abstract: Great Expectations, a later work of Chares Dickens, centers upon the life experiences of an orphan, Pip. The novel elaborates hisdesire to be a gentleman on the outset and after a series of experiences the downfall of his great expectations. Pip's physical alienation from thepast and the famiiar environment results in the psychological departure from inocence and humanity. The infuence of environment upon one's fate,Dickens's main philosophical belief, is manifested in the novel。Key Words: Great Expectations; process; alienation; humanityPart I :The Process of Alienationconvincing picture of the decaying effect of time and the desolation whichFirstly, Pip wants to be a blacksmith after his master Joe. If not rflcs Pip's own feelings of disilusion. When Pip paid his first visitselected by uncle Publechook to Satis House, if not frequently insulted to Satis House, he struggled to loo over its wall and there is a sense ofby Estella on his social status, if not overwhelmed by the love he fels for childish expectations in his peering into another world. However, the toneEstella, Pip would only resumne his prescribed life span until his death as of writing here is more bleakly dismal as if to record how the promises ofanother blacksmith. The change of the envionment proves itself to be the the youth have faded away.cause of Pip's alienation from childhood dreams and his folks。Together with the disllusion of childish expectations comes theSecondly, the cold distance conjured by stars (tella) is a measure ofrealization of the value of friendship and loyalty. The loyalty whichthe social gap. Pip begins to develop the dissatisfaction with home. The Magwitch has showed to Pip redeems some of the stain of the prison-theme of the lost home central to the novel begins to emerge fom under house and this is recognized by the young man of "great expectations"the water. The sense of shame he fels about the home is connected to who had turned his back on Joe. This realization prevails when Pip issocial aspirations. Pip's life starts its exposure in the expectations ftom bailed out and looked after by Joe in his state of ilness. The idea ofothers and the limitations of social regulations. Alienation from the truecoming home and the desire of a retum to childhood safety have changedself and old home is emerging.Pip's inner world from vanity to purity. Psychologically, Pip's return toFurthermore, the alienation is aggravated by Pip's huge fortune. Oninnocence has been finalized. Physcally, Pip endeavors to near the buriedthe first night of his fortune, Pip senses Joe and Biddy's estrangementpast.from him and his old sound slep in the home becomes impossible. Hetreats this change with complicated feelings. The rise in fortune satifes hand upon the latch of the door and touches it softly, the recognition ofPip's desire to be a gentleman, yet he seems guilty. In his use of thethe imposibili of going bhome dawns upon him. The desire to returm isword“bunde", there is a feling of shame and suberfuge, as though hislinked witin the realization of the imosibility of doing so. Pip does notfully apreciate that the mental image of the innocent past no longer existsThe process of alienation entails Pip's imprisonment in the in reality. In accompany with Pip, Joe retreats into an awareness of classgentlemanlike clothes and outer forces. His new exterior is changing the difference that has been caused by great expectations. This emphasizesnature of his interior. lmprisoned in the clothes, Pip says farewell to Joe inthe impossbility of returming to a relationship that was founded upona manner that hints at the finality of their separation. Pip's atitude towardsinnocence. Though in the end Pip has regained humanity, physically hehis family, therefore, experiences a sharp turn. The distance Pip has could never retrieve the former intimacy between the folks, the Forge andtraveled in his atitude towards his home is presented as he suggests to Joehim.that it is a pity he did not learm more from the educational opportunitiesPart m: Conclusionoffered to him. Coupled with a sense of loneliness, Pip embraces hisFrom innocence to alienation, from alienation back to humanity, thealienation with paradoxical feelings, knowing that the old times would process of Pip's mental change is elaborated by Charles Dickens in thenever be restored.story. The novel deals not only with the downfall of Pip's dream but alsoPart I: The Retumn of Humanityindividualism as opposed to the increasing bureaucracy in the nineteenthEven though Pip has broken away with his home, the memory of thecentury, etc. The change of Pip's destiny rests with the change ofpast still haunts him and cannot be efaced. This inability of escaping fomenvironment. The influence of environment upon one's fate is manifestedthe past lays the foundation for the later return of Pip's humanityin the story. As one of Dickens's last two completed novels, GreatThe return of bumanity is further hinted at when Herbert warnsExpectations is a testimony to the maturity of his writing.Pip that an inability to separate himself fom his early ilusions maylead to tragedy. When Pip is alone since Herbert has gone to Marseilles中国煤化工版公司，2004on business, the absence of smiling faces and cheerful responses of oldion to Charles Dickens,friends is again sensed. As the day closed, the fierce weather, suggestive ofcnmbridgYHCNMHG[3]Dav1d Paro1ss1en. Ihe compan1on to Great Expectations. Wwestport.a coming storm, heralds the ciling fllig in on Pip's great expectations.Similar bad omen can be perceived when Pip makes his way toCnn.: Greerwood Press, 200作者简介:the ruined garden of Satis House and the past storms back. “The rain of张特(1990-)，女，汉族，单位:四川大学外国语学院，研究方向:英语语years",“'miniature swamps", and“pools of water" along the way provide a言文学。