Great expectations was a dystopian novel written by Orwell in the United Kingdom. It told the story of a future society ruled by machines. The protagonist, Herbert Wales, was an ordinary worker in the machine society. Through his own efforts and wisdom, he gradually got rid of the control of the machine ruler and became a leader in the machine society. Herbert Wales was a man with a rebellious spirit. He was unwilling to be dominated by the machine rulers. Through his own intelligence and indomitable fighting spirit, he finally succeeded in getting rid of the control of the machine rulers and led the people in the machine society to achieve freedom and equality. Great expectations depicted an imaginative and anti-utopian social scene. Through the description of wells, it deeply reflected the fate of human beings under the rule of machines, causing people to think about the future society.