In this classic novella‚ which established him as one of the world’s most celebrated writers‚ John Steinbeck tells the story of two friends in 1930’s California. John Steinbeck wrote a naturalistic novel that dealt with three powerful and universal themes‚ imperative in the latter success of the novel. These themes were the value of dreams and goals‚ hopes and friendship. The novel also illustrates the importance of moral responsibility‚ and veracity of social injustice. His book Of Mice and Men
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27 when Joe comes to see Pip‚ he treats Joe in a different manner before because Joe was now in a lower social class. His feelings about Joe’s arrival were “Not with pleasure... I had the sharpest sensitiveness as to his being seen by Drummle.” He was afraid that Drummle will look down on him because of Joe’s lower class. This is an example of how social class ultimately affects the way people think. A person’s social class determined the amount of education they had. A person like Joe who was
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the main character Pip; he explores the idea of ambition and self-improvement. Pip’s development in the novel is encouraged through ambition due to his “Great Expectations” about his future. My expectations were confounded as it was expected that Pip would want a greater life for himself as the novel was written almost like an autobiography‚ and so Dickens’ expectations of living a better life due to his families financial struggles was portrayed in the character Pip. The way Pips character was pressurized
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are introduced to a Victorian London era‚ and more specifically Pip as a child‚ who eventually experiences a similar situation as he ages. For instance‚ as a child he has a low social status‚ is easily convinced‚ and is ignorant of the meaning of social status in that time period. Additionally‚ Pip has traits of being caring‚ humble‚ and
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are motifs. At the beginning of the novel‚ Pip is forced to go to a wealthy old woman named Miss Havisham’s house so she can watch him play with her daughter‚ Estella. It is made apparent from the start that Estella thought herself better than Pip because of the riches that she has and he does not. Adding to this‚ Estella treats Pip like a peasant and criticizes him for his “coarse hands” and “thick boots.” Eventually‚ a young Pip is led to tears. As Pip gets older he is driven by Estella’s cruelty
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surface that is Victorian England. Throughout the book it seems as if Pip is brought into a new world of opportunities‚ giving him a chance to grow. Yet‚ unexpected and direct forms of violence throughout Pip’s journey have an opposing effect on his morals and character. Miss Havisham’s control over Pip and Estella is the abusive domination that highlights Pip’s moral decline. However‚ characters such as Wemmick and younger Pip‚ defy the temptations of superiority showing how authority is not always
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to Joe in some man coming along the road towards us‚ and my heart would beat high. – As if he could possibly be there! We changed again‚ and yet again‚ and it was now too late and too far to go back‚ and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now‚ and the world lay spread before me.”(Dickens 160). When someone is no longer able to change a situation‚ that person is now challenged to change themselves. In the novel‚ Great Expectations‚ by Charles Dickens‚ the main character‚ Pip‚ lives
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starters‚ upon Pip and Estella’s first meeting Estella comments on Pip’s hands and Pip reads deeply into it‚ “And what coarse hands he has!’…I had never thought of being ashamed of my hands before‚ but I began to consider them a very indifferent pair” (Dickens 59). From Pips low class viewpoint he had never seen hands as an important aspect of himself‚ however‚ because of Estella’s high class upbringing she has grown to notice every sign of peasantry. Next‚ after Pip’s departure to London‚ Joe came to visit
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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." (Dickens‚ 250).This reveals how Pip spends his money without considering the possibility
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employ their dominant nature. In a similar vane‚ Charles Dickens used Great Expectations to show the absurdity of the desensitization of domestic abuse in the Victorian Era‚ he reflected this in characters such as‚ Drummle‚ Estella‚ Mrs. Joe‚ and Orlick. The abuse Pip faces as a child leads him to crave release from the world around him‚ and gave him the need to find love. Because of to the constant power struggle in the common Victorian home‚ domestic violence was seen as extremely normal‚ and even
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