Different conceptions of education a child

Pip is a poor and lives on England with his sister (Mrs. Joe Gargery) and his sister's husband (Mr. Joe Gargery). His sister is bossy but his brother-in-law Joe is pretty much the best thing that's happened to Pip.

One Christmas Eve, Pip meets an escaped convict in a churchyard who demand him some food. Pip steals food from his house in order to the convict be satisfied .

Later, take him to the house of an old maid , Miss Havisham , to play with her ​​adopted daughter , Estella, who constantly mocks his ways and clothes. She's very repellent with him but with the pass of the time, Pip falls in love . But at the moment, this love it's impossible.

When Pip is old enough to work, he starts an apprenticeship at his brother-in-law's smithy, thanks to Miss Havisham's financial support. But Pip hates it because all he wants is to become a gentleman and marry Estella.

One day, he receives a letter from some anonymous and he becomes rich thanks to a mysterious benefactor that pays to him his education in London. He leaves his family, and heads to London to become a gentleman. There, Pip gets a new best friend named Herbert Pocket, the son of Miss Havisham's cousin. Unfortunately Mrs. Joe Gargery, his sister, died.

One night, while Herbert was away , an old man presented himself as Abel Magwitch and Pip recognized him as the convict he had seen in the cemetery in his childhood . Appalled by the situation, Pip tries to be friendly with the old , but just wanted to get rid of. Magwitch tells him that had been sent to Australia and were forbidden to return, however, he returned alone to see him.

Magwitch had to leave England because his life was in danger . Herbert and Pip planned an escape plan through a steam boat wheels which come in rowing boats in the river Thames.  When they were ready to fulfill their wish, police arrested Magwitch and was sentenced to hang .

After this, Pip returns to his village . There he gets a big surprise : his old friends Joe and Biddy were married . After that it goes with Herbert to work in Egypt. After eleven years out of England back to visit Joe and Biddy who have had a child named Pip. He is reunited with Estella, whose husband had died long ago , and they go for a walk together.