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    Summary 40-42 Pip feels a mixture of revulsion for the convict and fear for the convict’s safety. Apparently‚ someone followed the convict the night he arrived at Pip’s apartment and later Pip stumbles over someone hiding in the dark at the bottom of his apartment stairs. While the convict has come to England to see Pip and enjoy flaunting the gentleman he has made‚ Pip tells him he is in danger and that they need to lay low. The convict tells Pip his name is Abel Magwitch and that he is using the

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    Great Expectations From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the Charles Dickens novel. For other uses‚ see Great Expectations (disambiguation). Great Expectations Title page of Vol. 1 of first edition‚ July 1861 Author Charles DickensCountry United Kingdom Language English Series Weekly: 1 December 1860 – 3 August 1861 Genre Realistic fiction‚ social criticismPublisher Chapman & HallPublication date 1861 (in three volumes) Media type Print Pages 544 Great Expectations is Charles

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    Great Expectations Human nature is the psychological and social qualities that characterize humankind. Human nature separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. The underlining theme of human nature is evident in Great Expectation by Charles Dickens use of his characters. A main characteristic that Dickens displays is friendship. The friendship between Pip and Herbert is strong. Herbert was significant to Pip’s growth in social class and eventual to his revelation. “Friendship was one

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    The evolution of a person can be complicated when one has "great expectations." In Charles Dickens’ finest novel‚ "Great Expectations‚" a young boy named Phillip Pirrup known as Pip who’s great expectations are a dramatized exploration of human growth and the pressures that distort the potential of an ordinary individual‚ especially in the process of growing up. Pip is a simple blacksmith’s boy who aspires to cross social boundaries when he realizes his own upbringing is common; however‚ he has no

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    Great Expectations Whose Life is it Anyway? How do you determine whether the life you are living is the life you call your own? Many people may find themselves being lead through life as opposed to leading their own because of external influences. This is the case of Pip‚ the protagonist in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Great Expectations is a classic novel about a young‚ lower class boy whose life is forever changed from exposure to an upper class woman named Miss Havisham. One can

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    Faith R. Sims Eng3010 11/24/2005 Great Expectations Hollywood and the movie industry have made many bold attempts over the past decade in bringing to life old classics. None however in my opinion have been done more boldly than the remoulding of Charles Dickens ’s Great Expectations. This compelling piece is a rebirth storyline of the past retold in Modern times. Any attempt at bringing a Dickens work to the screen would be an awesome task to accomplish. I ’ve found his writing to

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    Great Expectations – Class Notes Chapter 1-5 Major characters: Pip‚ Graveyard digger man‚ mr and mrs gargery‚ uncle p‚ mr w Plot: Prisoner told pip to get food‚ chirtsmas time Themes: Honesty‚ family‚ fear Social Class: Working class Children seen not heard Married couples don’t love each other (arranged marriages) Relationships: Joe is close to Pip   Chapter 5-7ish Pip’s parents are dead Pip’s sister is raising Pip Pip’s sister is mean Themes: how do men know who they are? Lower

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    Great Expectations Short Paper By Jodi Lesesne Great Expectations Introduction The novel Great Expectations is one among many works written by Charles Dickens. Dickens uniquely writes and narrates the novel in first person‚ and builds up a strong case of mature Victorian literature. The novel revolves around the growth of a young and orphaned boy named Pip. The book’s settings are the marshes found in Kent in London and all the occurrences date back to the early phase of the 1800s. The

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    Novel Assignment 1 H Mrs. Cox Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens Commentary Dickens is probably the most famous‚ and he is surely the most beloved‚ author of those you will read in this class for your novel assignments. Great Expectations is filled with autobiographical elements. Even though almost every chapter reflects some affinity with Dickens’s own life story‚ Great Expectations is indeed a highly wrought work of art. It is to that‚ the literature (art)‚ that we

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    张雪 英语1004 Pip’s great expectations can be treated as a dramatic exploration of human growth and fame that distort the value of an ordinary people and make him lose his original virtues . Pip‚as a simple blacksmith’s boy ‚ intends to challenge the social boundaries . Although His dream is just to be a common blacksmith at first‚ his dream has gradually changed since he goes to Miss Havisham’s house as a company. It’s quite inevitable that people change as the environment changes. Life in Miss Havisham’s

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