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    occasional comment of the author. However‚ Narayan’s popular novel The Guide is a notable sample of memory novel. Now to Dickens‚ Great Expectations‚ a novel in which Dickens remains behind the screen. Great Expectation did feature autobiographical elements much like David Copperfield but humour and following the artisan norms of life made the memory machine in Great Expectation more illustrative. In a letter in early October 1860‚ Dickens gave an account of his plan of the essential narrative mode

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    The first book that I decided to check out and read was My Basketball Book‚ by Gail Bibbons. This children’s book is about exactly what comes to mind when reading the title. This book demonstrates as well as illustrates the fundamentals‚ rules‚ and overall goal of the game of basketball. My Basketball Book takes a child step by step through what they need to know about the structure of the game and how it is to be played by explaining it through words and pictures. First and foremost‚ the reason

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    Pip As a bildungsroman‚ Great Expectations presents the growth and development of a single character‚ Philip Pirrip‚ better known to himself and to the world as Pip. As the focus of the bildungsroman‚ Pip is by far the most important character in Great Expectations: he is both the protagonist‚ whose actions make up the main plot of the novel‚ and the narrator‚ whose thoughts and attitudes shape the reader’s perception of the story. As a result‚ developing an understanding of Pip’s character is

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    The Unlimited Miscreant - Trabb ’s Boy "A boy who excited loathing in every respectable mind" (Dickens 304)‚ Trabb ’s Boy is a lively‚ trouble seeking‚ and brutally honest character in Charles Dickens ’s‚ Great Expectations. Even though he appears only a handful of times in the novel his character plays a significant role. As Pip ’s enemy‚ Trabb ’s Boy helps the reader see Pip ’s faults. Trabb ’s Boy ’s most important role is that of Pip ’s rescuer. Trabb ’s Boy has very few speaking parts‚ but

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    people. Teens can completely forget who they actually are or who they are striving to be and begin to conform with societies hate. By completing the secret benefactor experiment‚ based off the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens’‚ we will try and replace the hate with love and generosity.

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    compassionate character and past experiences‚ he is able to process difficult situations and empathize with the needy‚ suggesting that his compassion makes him take something negative and always manage to shine a little positive light on it.In the novel great expectations by Charles Dickens‚  Joe’s compassion makes him able to have a positive

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    : 1944 How do Dickens and Hosseini present the influence of childhood experiences in their novels ‘Great Expectations’ and ‘The Kite Runner’? The influence of childhood experience is at the core of these novels as both of the main protagonists go through a rite of passage and change of character which is influenced by their contrasting childhood experiences. In Dickens’ ‘Great Expectations’‚ the main character Pip grew up in southeast England with his harsh and blunt sister Mrs. Joe who raised

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    friends. After just one class‚ I’m very excited about my choice and look forward to the challenges ahead. At the U of P‚ I hope to obtain the knowledge and tools to help me be successful and to finally make things "right" with myself and my employer. I say this as‚ in the past‚ I have misled my former and current employers that I have an education beyond high school. Through hard work and dedication‚ I have been able to produce and prosper in my professional life‚ even without an education beyond

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    feel shame for his rough clothing and hands (Bloom‚ Great Expectations). Estella leaves to go study abroad and Pip is surprised to learn that a mysterious benefactor will help him become a gentleman in London (Bloom‚ Great Expectations). In London‚ Pip lives with his friend Herbert‚ who renamed him‚ Handel (Bloom‚ Great Expectations). A month after Pip is settled‚ Joe visits Pip and is taken aback by Pip’s hurtful formality (Bloom‚ Great Expectations). Joe tells Pip that Estella has returned from her

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    Real or Fake?: Character Foils in Great Expectations One of the most remarkable aspects of Charles Dickens Great Expectations is its structural intricacy and remarkable balance. Dickens plot involves complicated coincidences‚ extraordinary tangled webs of human relationships‚ and highly dramatic developments in which setting‚ atmosphere‚ event and character are all seamlessly fused. Although‚ perhaps the most visible sign of Dickens commitment to intricate dramatic symmetry-apart from the knot

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