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    Quote Response “‘... in the ease of his temper‚ and the straitness of his means‚ he appeared to have utterly lost at this time the idea of educating me at all’” (p.58). In Great Expectations‚ Joe’s father made alcohol a priority‚ forgetting about the fact that his own son needed to be educated. This is exactly like Charles Dickens’ childhood since he couldn’t get an education either because his father went to jail for his debts. Both Joe and Charles Dickens had to work at a really young age to

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    In the movie Great Expectations‚ there are many positive characters but one who really stands out to me is Joe Gargery. Joe is a very hardworking man who provides for his wife and Pip. Even though Joe is not Pips father‚ he is the only fatherly figure Pip has ever known. Joe is a blacksmith and he teaches Pip how to be a blacksmith because one day he is expected to do the same. Joe Gargery is a positive light in the movie because the actions he has chosen to do. Joe did not have to step up to be

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    tend to get a bad reputation of being uneducated people who have no rights as citizens. Social status in a large town relates to how well people treat a person and see them as they represent themselves throughout the community. In the book Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens explains wealth and popularity in the 1800 ’s as a key factor of life. He allows the reader to see how important it is to be in the upper class‚ but he also makes the reader realize that whether being wealthy or poor that certain

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    was never a child. He was treated harshly from before he could remember‚ his sister often beat him. He had one friend‚ one person who he looked up to and admired. Joe‚ Joe was Pip’s best friend. He was a great model for Pip if only Pip would act like him. In the Book “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens the main character was a child who had not had a childhood. “We were equals afterwards‚ as we had been before; but‚ afterwards at a quiet times when i sat looking at Joe and

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    Adelina Gonzales The Great Expectations is a story told by a man and his upbringing. He tells about his childhood and adulthood. Throughout the story many people go through some ups and downs‚ finding out who they really are‚ and what others are actually like and who those people truly are. This story teaches the reader a lesson about life and what to expect from some people that we think are close to us and who really care for us‚ but in reality they don’t. On the other hand we find out who is

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    English Literature Summer Task The Great Gatsby‚ Life of Pi and Great Expectations: The Opening Chapters The opening chapters of each of these three books are both similar and different in many ways‚ and succeed to keep the reader interested enough to carry on their journey with Pip‚ Nick or Pi. The way characterisation is put forward in these three novels is rather similar‚ in the fact that all three are written in the first person‚ giving the impression that the character in question is telling

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    that Mark Twain had a desire for the simple life. He once said that‚ "Good friends‚ good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." One of the greatest examples of Conscience and how it affects a boy named Pip is found in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. What would you do if you were forced to do something that conflicted everything you believed in? In the story‚ Pip is confronted with a similar scenario in which he has to steal food for an escaped convict who

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    In the novel Great Expectations‚ there are two endings; the original ending that Charles Dickens wrote‚ and the ending that was published in 1860. The original ending that Dickens wrote shows what Estella went through in her relationship with Drummel‚ who treated her with no respect and basically abused her‚ and how her second marriage was going since Drummel died. When Estella spots Pip walking around in London with Little Pip‚ she pulls her carriage over and has her maid go and stop Pip‚ so

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    Great Expectations by Charles Dickens tells a story of a young boy named Pip who grew up in a lower class but slowly finds himself transforming into society’s view of a ’gentleman’ in order to gain the approval of Estella. Throughout the Novel many characters‚ such as Joe‚ Estella‚ and Magwitch provide Pip with a very important lesson; Your true friends will love and care for you no matter what happens or how much wrong you do to them. This life lesson Pip learns is one of the most important themes

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    makes the reader seem like the reader is in the house him/her self. • “Joe was a fair man‚ with eyes of such a very undecided blue that they seemed to have somehow got mixed with their own whites. He was a mild‚ good natured‚ sweet tempered‚ easy going‚ foolish‚ dear fellow – a sort of Hercules in strength and weakness” This was a characterization of Joe. Joe was Pip’s brother in law. Joe was a very good man who saw the best in his wife (Pip’s sister) when Pip saw the worst. The characterization

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