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    realization of not being able to attain one’s goal. When people realize they are unable to attain their goal‚ changes occurs. People change when they are unable to attain their goal because they want to distance themselves from their past failures. In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ Pip has lost all his money because Magwitch was captured. Because of his recent failures‚ he decides to visit Biddy and Joe to confess

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    Introduction In the novel Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens he tackles various social problems that plagued London in the Victorian era‚ some of which were Poverty‚ Hunger‚ Child Labour and Crime‚ which Dickens himself endured. Crime as a main source of London’s social problems ran rampant‚ streets became unsafe as criminal activity spiked and new criminals were being imprisoned every day. In these times criminals were considered to be the lowest people in terms of social class and so

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    House‚ both in ruins‚ represent wealth and social status for Pip the servant boy; the irony is obvious. Their decayed state prefigures the emptiness of Pip’s dream of rising in social status and of so being worthy of Estella the adopted daughter of Miss Havisham. With them‚ Dickens extends his spoof of society from the abuse of children and criminals to the corruption of wealth. Miss Havisham’s self-interested‚ envious relatives and their competition for her wealth illustrate the evil effects of

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    In Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens uses the mist’s presence or lack thereof‚ as a tool to foreshadow big events in Pip’s life‚ and to relay Pip’s emotions or feelings in response to whatever may be happening at the time of the mist’s reference. Dickens can only express so much of Pip’s feelings with his words‚ so to further allow the audience to connect to Pip and truly understand how he is viewing and/or processing his current situation‚ Dickens uses the mists. He also uses the mists to foreshadow

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    Explore the manipulation of expectations in ‘Great expectations’‚ with particular reference to the first eight chapters. By Narmina Clark Charles Dickens manipulates the reader’s expectations greatly throughout the novel; he does this by focusing mainly on his idea of the ‘social class’ in society and how his characters transform through lessons learnt of their own life experiences. He subtly gives the information across‚ while controlling the readers mind’s with style as he slowly unravels

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    Themes. Themes everywhere. That basically sums up the first chapter of The Great Gatsby. You see all these themes more clear as you read the book. These wonderful themes just so happen to be about the past‚ about wealth‚ and about love. First off we’re going into the past. Gatsby was not always rich. Gatsby had a rich friend‚ though. Dan Cody‚ was his name‚ and honestly he was more a mentor to Gatsby. Gatsby learned a lot about acting like a gentleman from him. Cody ended up dying‚ and he left

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    The Great Gatsby can be condensed into the creation‚ the attaining and the loss of a man’s dream. But it delves into the roaring twenties and falls into a era with an almost dreamlike quality‚ where the parties are loud‚ the people fickle and the falls from grace are brutal. The Great Gatsby contains characters who we never truly meet‚ instead we meet their masks‚ masks which in turn are all either the source or object of one of the fatal flaws: love‚ lust and greed. Although the main theme of The

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    More Money‚ More Problems: An Analysis of The Great Gatsby (Draft #2) Can money buy happiness? This age old question is a recurring theme in the novel The Great Gatsby. Throughout the novel we see that wealth creates loneliness‚ isolation and corruption in people. Through the examination of the main character’s behaviours present in The Great Gatsby‚ it is clear that wealth negatively impacts people. First of all‚ Gatsby’s amount of wealth causes him to be isolated from others. Nick observes this

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    Dickens ’s novel “Great Expectations”. Many characters were treated differently because of their social class in the story. Seeing the contrast between how the poor and the rich were treated will give a clearer understanding of how much social class mattered. During the nineteenth century‚ British society was dominated and ruled by a tightly woven system of class distinctions. Social relations and acceptance were based upon position. Charles Dickens utilizes “Great Expectations” as a commentary on

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    The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald shows many themes in his novel The Great Gatsby. One of the themes presented is the person’s social status or class. The theme is given by showing whether the person is rich or poor based on the color of what they wear or drive. This motif provides information about the social class of each character by using colors to show what classification they are a part of. The motif is yellow/gold because it represents money and wealth throughout the novel. Another motif

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