Tale Of Two Cities Great Expectations Analysis

exceedingly boring (Shephard). A few of his coworkers were later personified in his later works (Shephard). John Dickens started a new job as a newspaper reported and quickly earned enough money to allow Charles to quit his job at the law firm and pursue his love for shorthand writing (Shephard). Dickens had a distinct interest in social reform, so he toured orphanages and factories and was subsequently horrified by the deplorable living conditions. Worried that such a rough upbringing would lead to a life of crime for many young orphans, Dickens sought to reform society by writing works like Oliver Twist and David Copperfield (Shephard). Dickens eventually passed away on June 9, 1870, from a paralytic stroke (Shephard).
A Tale of Two Cities,
Pip lives with his sister, Ms. Joe and her husband Joe, who works as a blacksmith. The tale opens with Pip accidentally meeting an escaped convict who threatens to kill Pip if he rats him out. Pip brings food to the meeting place the next day and is surprised to see that different convict is hiding in the graveyard. Later, while eating dinner with his family and Pip thinks his strict sister discovered the missing food and subsequently makes a run for the door only to run into some soldiers. Pip, thinking that they have come to arrest him for helping the convict, believes all hope is lost. The soldiers then explain that they need assistance with the mending of a broken set of iron handcuffs since they hope to catch two convicts. Joe mends the cuffs and Pip joins them as track throughout the quagmire searching for the convicts, both of which they find. A few weeks later, Pip is sent to Satis house where he meets a sharp, yet beautiful girl named Estella and a heartbroken old woman whose only request is for Pip to play in front of her. As time goes by Pip falls deeper, and deeper in love with Estella and he starts to feel shame for his rough clothing and hands (Bloom, Great Expectations). Estella leaves to go study abroad and Pip is surprised to learn that a mysterious benefactor will help him become a gentleman in London (Bloom, Great Expectations). In London, Pip lives with his friend Herbert, who renamed him, Handel (Bloom, Great Expectations). A month after Pip is settled, Joe visits Pip and is taken aback by Pip’s hurtful formality (Bloom, Great Expectations). Joe tells Pip that Estella has returned from her studies abroad and that he is always welcome back at the forge (Bloom, Great Expectations). Leaving London, Pip travels to his home town only to be teased for being posh (Bloom, Great Expectations). Pip continues to live his life of opulence and eventually falls