novel Great Expectations is an excellent example of how a well developed plot‚ and many subplots hidden within the main‚ can create many twists and turns and make what may seem like a ‘fairy tale’ story a much more interesting and complex one. The protagonist of the navel is a seven year old boy named Pip.
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High expectations yield high performance and respect. Expectations hold immence value in various spheres of life such as society‚ polity and education. For example we can shed some light on the current Indian political situation in which a newcomer‚ Arvind Kejriwal‚ has become a political hero. Arvind Kejriwal who does not belong to a political background managed to outshine political leaders who have spent a lifetime in politics. He alongwith his party members was successful because people had put
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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
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Violation Theory to examine how different forms of interfaces that confirm or violate user expectations affect the communication process‚ social judgments‚ ability to influence‚ and accuracy to recall associated with HtEAC (communication with a computer generated person). Burgoon et al. explain that EVT begins by identifying the pervasiveness and potency of expectations during interpersonal communication. Expectations come from characteristics of actors‚ their relationship to one another‚ and the context
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Cather’s admiration for Antonia is very clear throughout the book in my own opinion. Antonia goes through lots of difficult hardships like her father’s sudden suicide and her fiance leaving her while pregnant‚ but she continues to percervere and take care of her family no matter what the circumstances are in her way. She is generous‚ vivacious‚ and an inspiration for girls everywhere. An example of this is shining through especially when Mr. Harling stated “You’ve been going with these girls who
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Fairy tales have given us so many ideas about how girls should be treated. How the boys are supposed to give them roses on Valentine’s Day‚ sing them to sleep every night‚ kiss them in the pouring rain. This has influenced girls everywhere to expect their boyfriends to do all these things‚ and more. And if they get disappointed‚ they complain‚ rant‚ cry‚ and become needy and clingy. Of course‚ no one would enjoy being with someone who does all that every time. But fear not‚ fellow women‚ because
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Analysis: Chapters 1–3 The first chapters of Great Expectations set the plot in motion while introducing Pip and his world. As both narrator and protagonist‚ Pip is naturally the most important character in Great Expectations: the novel is his story‚ told in his words‚ and his perceptions utterly define the events and characters of the book. As a result‚ Dickens’s most important task as a writer in Great Expectations is the creation of Pip’s character. Because Pip’s is the voice with which he tells
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Prior Expectations Regarding Literary Masterpieces Patsy Baker ENG/106 March 25‚ 2013 Sandra Rooks Prior Expectations Regarding Literary Masterpieces Literature reveals the soul of a civilization. The manner in which a civilization develops is in direct correlation with the quality and nature of its literature. Literary masterpieces are treasure troves to be read‚ analyzed‚ and enjoyed. At first‚ many ancient masterpieces may seem hard to comprehend for a novice reader;
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the writer’s concern with issues of social injustice and misguided values. Two strong examples of social criticism through literature are Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In both novels the writers project their social criticisms to the reader through the use of characterization and setting. Great Expectations was written and set in mid-Victorian England‚ having been first published as a serial in "All The Year Round" a weekly English periodical. Dickens
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