While reading a commentary on Dickens's novel "Great Expectations", I was struck by the following words:
"We hate to break it to you dreamers, this is kind of what life is for most people. At some point, most of us realize that we're just going to live life like the vast majority of people: "working hard for a sufficient living", no matter which ending you get." Wow.
Does this mean that Life is disappointing, no matter what? In spite of the usual happy ending in novels, we can't deny that Life usually turns out quite differently from what we expected and had hoped for. Should we therefore agree with the above critic and give up our dreams? (Hopefully not.)
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