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    Riya Bhatt October 18‚2013 Great Expectations In Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations‚ Herbert Pocket describes Pip as "a good fellow‚ with impetuosity and hesitation‚ boldness and diffidence‚ action and dreaming‚ curiously mixed in him." Although Pip does not agree with this description‚ I believe Herbert’s depiction is accurate. Pip’s impetuousness can be seen by his comment‚ "We spent as much money as we could‚ and got as little for it as people could make up their minds to give us."

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    The Good Earth‚ made in 1937‚ was an interesting portrayal of life in China during these times. Although I think it is a great movie for this era‚ I had a hard time relating to the film. The advancements in film have made it hard to go back to older movies; things like digital effects and color have really made older movies seem like ancient history. The characters seemed over dramatized and unrealistic. The plot did not stick to the book and seemed to change some of the symbolism the Buck used.

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    descriptive terms he chooses to apply to the convict become much more positive. 2. What role does social class play in Great Expectations? What lessons does Pip learn from his experience as a wealthy gentleman? How is the theme of social class central to the novel? One way to see Pip’s development‚ and the development of many of the other characters in Great Expectations‚ is as an attempt to learn to value other human beings: Pip must learn to value Joe and Magwitch‚ Estella must learn to value

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    wrong it’s also the best part of my life. There are plenty of up’s and downs as well as gains that comes with parenting. This is my take on parenting while everyone has there on take and views on parenting‚ These are just a few of my own. The media expectation on parenting‚ and some of my own reality of being a parent to total different worlds. The potty training stage‚ Research studies shows that potty training is the first major milestone for parents and children. Not my favorite at all‚ But determination

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    was two-fold. He had to ensure that Pip¡¦s confession of his faults ring true‚ so that we do not suppose him to be admitting them merely in order to win our sympathy. And he had to validate Pip¡¦s redemption by showing that it produces good deeds as well as good words. Its admirable briskness is nowhere more apparent than in Pip¡¦s account of the feelings with which he once greeted the prospect of a visit from his old friend and protector‚ the blacksmith Joe Gargery. ¡§Not with pleasure‚ though

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    High expectations; harmful or helpful? Many parents want their child to be top of their class‚ make straight A’s‚ and be something to brag about at the parent teacher conferences. Having high expectations for your children helps their mind set‚ education‚ and end results. Some people think it overworks the kid or lowers their self-esteem‚ although it has been proven that children who were expected to reach their parents expectations‚ do. First of all‚ having high expectations for your kid at early

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    the stress of college is always put on their shoulders. An individual from Youniversitytv.org said something that struck a light bulb and it states “these days‚ there is a great emphasis placed on students going to college‚ almost to the point of expectation”. At a very young age we learn that college was the way to go but the process to get into college is so intense it made some people wanted to rethink their choice. At that moment I knew that college was going to be no joke and so did my peers but

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    Matthew Fine LaScotte English 9 Great Expectations For Pip‚ the first conflict that he encounters is when he is leaving Manor House from his second visit with Ms. Havisham’s‚ he fights with a young man in the garden. This conflict leaves Pip quite dumbfounded because the thought that a random stranger would just walk up to him that wants to fight is strange. At first‚ it might seem like Pip was scared that he would be fighting a boy that he didn’t know and felt like he had no reason to fight

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    Sometimes we create our own heartbreaks through expectations. And I think that those expectations are truly my enemies in past. Expectation comes for many things even the smallest thing in life‚ such as‚ expecting a taste of macchiato in a coffee shop or expecting how good a movie that just released on the cinema before you watch them. At times‚ expecting something ends up disappointing our self. Sometimes‚ we think that everybody hurt us‚ they disappoint us‚ the obviousness hurt us‚ but do you

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    changes. You treat people differently than you would if you were alone‚ you change your actions‚ and you morph your personality to fit what you think everyone around you expects of you. Why do we let ourselves succumb to negative social expectations? Social expectations limit who you are. You can’t display your personality if you are changing it to make the people around you happy. Limitations on who you can be will only hurt you in the long run. When you leave your group of friends‚ who will you be

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