Joshua Ashkenazy Mr. Muir English II 21 May‚ 2012 Alternate Ending for Great Expectations Every book has an ending that reflects on certain themes shown previously in the book. In the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ money‚ power and corruption are the roots of the evils in society. There are certain criteria in making a conclusion to a book. According to my opinion‚ a book must have an ending that shows that the main character has learned from his mistakes and is willing to let go
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This reawakens his sister’s desire for his death‚ and she enters "on a fearful catalogue" of all the "illnesses‚" "sleeplessness‚" and "injuries" of which he "had been guilty" and "all the times she had wished [him] in [his] grave‚ and [he] had contuma- ciously refused to go there." Pip is made to feel guilty not only for being so much "trouble" but also for his lack of gratitude. He is not grateful for his ill-treatment‚ of course‚ but is full of suppressed rage. During his sister’s recital of
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Over 14.5% of Americans are in poverty and affected by what poverty causes. Throughout the novel‚ Great Expectations is about a boy named Pip coming of age and meeting people along his way of becoming a gentleman and learning life lessons. Charles Dickens looks at the effects of poverty negatively and during the novel it illustrates how many people of poverty struggled‚ but the rich got to live lavishly and didn’t care for the poor. Furthermore‚ poverty is a big issue of our modern day society and
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Chapter 1 1. How does Dickens use setting to convey the mood right at the opening? He uses words like marshy country called the medway. River missed with seawater‚Wet lots of trees‚Graveyard‚ all are dark and strong words. 2. What does Dickens’ description of the first convict tell us about him? That he is scared and is a convict. 3. What is surprising about the narrative point-of- view Dickens has adopted? He says it not like how it happend but how it was in is mind. 4. How does Dickens contrast
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I want improve my English because I found it is a very important language. But this is not the main reason. It is a personally challenge for me. Besides my dream is to travel and work out of Germany. Say I want emigrate is not correct I want see the world not as a typical tourist. I want look behind. So I found speak English fluent very important and it makes some easier. And when my dream goes not true it is nevertheless good speak English in the time from globalization. The most I did learn
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far-off places meant that characters could appear and disappear with impunity - if an English gentleman decided he would go to Africa‚ it was perfectly acceptable that he should do so. Hence we get Walter Gay’s departure and return in Dombey and Son‚ the Micawbers’ and Peggottys’ emigration in David Copperfield and of course‚ Pip’s ’getting away from it all’ in Clarriker’s in Egypt with Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations. All these examples play very minor roles in Dickens’ fiction - they serve as
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Expectations “Expectations”…what do you think of? “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens maybe? Whatever the case‚ all people have expectations. It could be something they expect of others‚ or something they expect of themselves. It is something you look forward to in the future. It is the motivation‚ the incentive‚ people need to keep looking forward to tomorrow—the prospect of something wonderful about to happen. An undergraduate might have expectations of a bright‚ successful future‚ a businessman
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My Experience with English Before going to the University‚ I had the background of learning English over nine years ago when my parents encouraged me to go to an English Institute‚ and when the following year I had some English classes at High School. My experience with English in both places was very different from each other. On the one hand‚ I had studied English at an Institute for seven years‚ but when I first entered this Institute‚ I found that I could barely say a word. First of all‚ we
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How does Dickens use setting in ’Great Expectations’ to show characters feelings &+ situations? Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth‚ Hampshire‚ during the Victorian era. In 1822‚ when Dickens was ten‚ the family relocated from Kent [where they had moved when Dickens was 5] to Camden Town‚ London. These places of residence are symbolic of certain occurances in Dickens life; throughout the novel‚ these areas play an avid role in the creation and development of the characters situations and feelings
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