Wrapping Up Great Expectations

Like so much literature, Great Expectations is undeniably complex. So, as an extension, it also harbors equally complex themes. Perhaps even fitted with multiple greater messages, these perspectives are largely based upon personal opinion and experiences. One student, equipped with an entirely individual childhood and upbringing, could take something away upon the novel's conclusion that entirely contradicts the greater message that another peer settles upon. So, without labeling my interpretation as the "correct" one, I will extend my perspective with full knowledge that it is absolutely and completely subjective.
Throughout the novel, Dickens makes his study of people quite clear. They are a diverse bunch of miscreants that defy conventionality and evade prediction. And yet, we come to love and appreciate each of them. Like the foundation of a building they provide texture and complexity to the story, in turn making it both fascinating and multidimensional. It is for this that I believe Dickens was trying to portray the social aspect of happiness. True happiness lies within one's acceptance of his equality to those around him. Once we see everyone in this light, we are able to appreciate their individualism and their potential. If you think about it, every single one of us is extremely special. We have each been snagged from millions of other hypothetical existences, and so (in extension), harnessed and overcome the most daunting odds of them all. Thinking about the bleak future of those nonexistent people makes you appreciate being alive a little more, huh? No matter our personal differences: intelligence, melanin content, humor etc, we are all composed of the same matter and of the same potential energy. When we deny our similarities with those around us; fail to appreciate the global power of human possibility, we become isolated and unhappy. When we learn to see ourselves within others, and their traits within us, we can see that the Earth is made of an extended family, and we can truly achieve happiness.