We studied the impacts of the revelation that Pip has "great expectations " or a prospect of a large gift of wealth, noting how the term "expectation" means both the prospect of inherited wealth and Pip's personal expectations that somehow wealth will make him a better person worthy of Estella. We further noted the importance of the stipulation to the gift: Pip is to keep his namesake (his values /identity). Yet, his first order of business is to disguise his true self symbolically purchasing new clothes. We studied the symbolic significance of clothes in the novel .Last, we discussed how the prospect of money leaves Pip feeling lonely and isolated as his family no longer feels as comfortable in his presence .