What's the story?

The Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a must read novel that was written before the 1900's. However, the novel still has relevance into today's society. Pip is uneducated individual that has nothing but the need for self-improvement as his motivation. He is very influenced by others, and has more ambition that the typical person. The theme of Great Expectations is how being ambitious and having the need for self-improvement can result in becoming a better person. In order to better one self, one need's motivation to do better.