of their lives to highlight the emptiness and abusive environment of unhealthy relationships. In the beginning of the novel‚ Mrs. Joe often hits Pip with the tickler “a wax-ended piece of cane‚ worn smooth by collision with my tickled frame”(6). She constantly brags about having brought Pip up by hand‚ as Pip explains in the book my sister “Mrs. Joe Gargery...had established a great reputation with herself and the the neighbors because she had brought me up “by hand” having at that time
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In Dickens’ ‘Great Expectations’‚ the main character Pip grew up in southeast England with his harsh and blunt sister Mrs. Joe who raised him forcefully and often violently ‘by hand’ and her kind and loving husband Joe Gargery who is what many critics such as E.M Forster call “a flat character” as his personality and motives do not change throughout the novel. Despite later feeling that blacksmithing is below him‚ in the Victorian era‚ Pip would have been very lucky to have had an automatic apprenticeship
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Great Expectations‚ refers to Pip’s many expectations. Pip expects to inherit money‚ but he first has to be educated a gentleman. Pip has “great expectations” of himself and Jaggers also tells Pip that “he is a young man of great expectations”. During the time of his education‚ Pip focuses too much on himself and values too little what he already has. For an example‚ Joe always lets Pip talk to him and Joe never takes advantage of Pip. After Pip inherits the money‚ he becomes pompous and insensible
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Empathy Journals I - XXXIX I. I can relate to Pip because‚ he just had a man yell at him (the convict) threatening his life‚ saying he has to have this stuff to him by morning. I may have never had my life threatened but‚ I can still understand. When on of my parents yells it feels like my life is being threatened. I can also relate because‚ his sister ( Mrs. Joe) Isn’t very nice. She wants the everybody to feel pitty for her because she has to raise her brother. My older sister is just like that
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in the relationship between Joe and pip. These two characters enjoy a strong friendship based on love and mutuality as suggested when Pip confesses that he loves Joe “for no better reason […] than because the dear fellow let me love him. The repetition of love and Pips endearing diction highlights the close bond between the two and hence establishes Pips connection and belonging to the forge. 3) This is unsettled however‚ by Pips antagonistic relationship with Mrs Joe- the self-anointed patriarch
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these standards have receded in recent times‚ there are still many women who suffer from this inequality. Women are more confined in gender roles than men‚ as demonstrated through Mrs. Joe‚ Miss. Havisham‚ and Pip. Initially‚ the idea that women are more limited in gender roles than men is demonstrated through Mrs. Joe since
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Name: Alexia Stoker Date:6/28/16 Book title: The Hound of Baskervilles Author: Arthur Conan Doyle Genre : Mystery Setting: The setting of the book was London in the late 1800s Sherlock Holmes also says the year was 1884‚ the place was in London ‚ Devonshire also in baker street. Point of view 3rd person omniscient because it’s mostly
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Dickens’ Great Expectations‚ Pip‚ the main protagonist in the story‚ is very idealistic and yearns to become a gentleman. He wants to better himself and rise above his humble origins in hopes of winning over his love Estella. Pip is also a very kind man and cares about the ones who are close to him. However‚ he is also a very arrogant man‚ and he does not see what his arrogance costs him‚ until he learns that true happiness in life does not come from wealth or status. Pip has an idealistic desire
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Havisham’s scheme‚ Pip is still able to feel empathetic towards her. His willingness to move on and forgive showed how he matured within the last couple of chapters. He knows he made mistakes and they have help to transform him into this kinder‚ no grudges person.
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someone who is wealthier might be more worrisome and have more problems despite all the money earned. Great Expectations is about a boy named Pip who wants to become a gentleman. When he gets that opportunity‚ he moves to London and lives there. While Pip lives there‚ he overcomes many problem and struggles with his own identity too. Later on in the story‚ Pip corrects his mistakes and learns from them. In Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens uses Pip’s thoughts and speech to exhibit his growing arrogance
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