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    Derick Sackos Great Expectations: Chapter 1 Questions 1. The novel is written in what point of view? – The novel is in 1st person. 2. Where does the opening scene take place? – It takes place in a churchyard. 3. What is Pip's full name? – Pip’s full name is Philip Pirrip. 4. Where are Pip's parents? – They are dead and buried in the churchyard. 5. With whom does Pip live? – Pip lives with his sister and her husband. 6. What does Joe Gargery do for a living? - Joe is a blacksmith

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    book begins with Mr. Pumblechook and Pip eating breakfast together. Pumblechook quizzes Pip on his times tables, and then the pair makes its way toward Miss Havisham’s house, whereas in the video, they are already reached Miss Havisham’s. Another difference arises through the dialogue of Pumblechook and Estella upon Pumblechook and Pip’s arrival at Miss Havisham’s house. When Pip and Pumblechook first encounter Estella, in the novel, the conversation takes place through an opened window, and Pumblechook

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    were visiting her grave in Thomas Hardy’s Ah, Are you Digging on my Grave? Women have also played a huge role in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill. This essay will discuss how women are portrayed in these two works of literature and will then compare and contrast the way the image of women is represented in these

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    must follow the rules. Some rules can change, kind of like people. It is up to that person to make a positive or negative change. In the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, many of the characters change dramatically. If Miss Havisham was still alive in this novel, she would make positive changes for herself, Estella, and Pip. First, Miss Havisham would learn to express her feelings. She realizes days before her death that she made a mistake refusing to love. She exclaims her remorse to Pip

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    or characteristic. Reputation can have a great impact on people's lives. People are judged by their reputation. Reputation is relevant to almost everything in life. Others might say that reputation has no relevance and isn’t important to anyone's life, since they personally don’t care about their reputation. This would be wrong because reputation plays a tremendous role in life since it is how others judge people. In Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations, he is trying to argue that anyone's reputation

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    Love and Loyalty v. the Pursuit of Social Class and Wealth in Great Expectations How can an individual dazzled by social class and wealth realize that their materialistic world is not as important as love and loyalty to others? In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens presents the reader with Philip Pirrip, also known as Pip, a working class boy born in the marshy outskirts of London, England. Orphaned at the age of two, Pip is adopted by his sister, who is his only surviving relative, and Joe Gargery

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    regarded as one of the most influential authors ever. When Great expectations got published in 1861, it got mixed criticism but ever since the 20th century until the present it’s now received the “classic” status. Great Expectations is a standout amongst the most well-known and tremendously cherished books by the immense expert of Victorian exposition, Charles Dickens. Like the majority of his extraordinary books, Great Expectations has Dickens ' splendid utilization of character and plot- -

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    Analysis of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens, the revolutionary 19th century novelist, wrote a bildungsroman of Phillip Pirrip (Pip) and the reality of his own “Great Expectations” in his pursuit to become a gentleman. In Chapter 8, the reader is introduced to Miss Havisham and Estella and this is where Pip first becomes dissatisfied with the life at the forge. There were many writers in Dickens’ day whose works are no longer read; this is possibly because Dickens

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    socially. Pip in the Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is an exceptional case as he does not come of age before he reaches adulthood, he comes of age after. Pip is able to transform from an idealist who feels like he is entitled to everything and acts like a child if he does not get it, to a realist who understands that the world does not revolve around him and nobody is entitled to give him anything if they so please. What leads to Pip's transformation is when Miss Havisham asks for Pip's forgiveness

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    leave the reader with the impact intended by the author. In other words, an ending is what the author is really trying to say. The global, political, and social commentary in literature is embedded in the way the narrative ends. In the case of Great Expectations, Charles Dickens ultimately selected the ending in which Pip and Estella are reunited, leaving open the precise way their newfound emotional intimacy will develop. This is the most logical, as well as most satisfying, ending for the story because

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