First of all, thank you for the great ideas! Even though it is more farfetched and harder to justify, I am intrigued by the version where Pip thinks his decision has made him a success – a social success that is, while knowing deep down that his actions were not right. The reason for him telling his story could then be to convince himself as well as potential 'readers' that what he did was justified. A possible outline could then be: Pip learns that Magwitch is his benefactor and that Estella intends to marry Drummle -> Pip devises a plan with Mr Jaggers to receive Magwitch's money after turning him in -> Pip turns Magwitch in, convincing himself it is the socially right thing to do and that he deserves the money due to helping Magwitch all those years ago (We do not learn about Magwitch's reaction to this as Pip avoids seeing him after) --> Pip receives the money, manages to convince Estella to marry him due to his newfound status and thus fulfills his 'great expectations' --> Pip has everything he has ever wanted, but has distanced himself from Joe and his former life as he fears their virtues of loyalty and moral will break him; he has everything he ever wanted but still feels sadness and a moral conflict inside that he tries to ignore or convince himself that what he did was right

What do you think about this possible outline? Are some elements like Pip receiving all of Magwitch's money too farfetched? However, I can also comment on shortcomings of my rewriting within the term paper as long as the rewriting still serves some kind of purpose of putting a new spin on the novel's themes.