摘要：查尔斯·狄更斯是一位英国伟大的批判现实主义作家，《远大前程》是他创作的一本教育意义重大的长篇小说。这本小说描写了主人公皮普的成长经历和心灵逐步走向成熟的过程。小说对皮普性格的刻画被人们给予了高度好评。本文分析了皮普的性格特点，对爱情的执着，自尊而敏感、好学而上进，忍辱负重以及拜金主义。皮普性格形成原因主要有环境因素和成长经历两部分。本文通过对皮普性格特点及原因的分析希望对自己及其当代年轻人一些启示。

关键词：《远大前程》；性格特点；原因分析

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摘要

Abstract

1.Introduction .1

2.The Background of Creation of Great Expectations1

2.1Life of Charles Dickens1

2.2Background of Dicken’s time in Great Expectations.2

2.3Plot of Great Expectations.3

3.Analysis of Pip’s Change in his Life4

3.1Pip’s childhood experience.4

3.1.1His quiet life before meeting Magwitch5

3.1.2His life being frightened after he meeting Magwitch6

3.1.3His happiness of knowing Estella7

3.2Grown-up Pip’s experience.8

3.2.1The gentleman life of Pip.9

3.2.2The life after knowing his benefactor and his mental change10

3.2.3The time that he deciding to help Magwitch to run away .11

4.Factors that Influence Pip’s Change in his Characteristics12

4.1 Influence from Joe12

4.2 Influence from Magwitch, Estella and Herbert13

4.3The advantages and disadvantages of Pip’s characteristic13

5.Conclusion14

References.15