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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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    Furthermore‚ after her relationship with Logan‚ Joe makes his way into Janie’s life. In Janie’s eyes he is a step above Logan‚ personality wise. Besides‚ Janie thought that Joe can give change and chance for her as the pear tree symbolized. Immediately‚ Joe convinces Janie that he would be a guide into realizing what her dreams in life are. Eventually‚ Janie comes to show that Joe is not the right one for her based on his power as the mayor. For instance‚ he says "You ain’t never knowed what it was

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    The Hands Society Motif Essay Throughout time society as a whole has greatly changed and developed to what it is now. One major part of the society is the social class structure. In Charles Dickens’ novel‚ Great Expectations‚ Dickens expresses his beliefs on that structure in many ways. Since Dickens wrote the novel during the Victorian Era it reflects and evaluates the beliefs and values of the time. For the most part ones place in the social order was based on wealth and the reputation

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    analyzing and comparing The Catcher in the Rye and Great Expectations‚ by J.D. Salinger and Charles Dickens respectively‚ one usually stops and ponders‚ what can these two novels possibly have in common? Well I can tell you‚ quite a lot. To begin with‚ both are fictional autobiographies‚ narrated personally by the protagonists‚ that is Holden and Pip. However‚ regardless of the fact that they are both narrated in the first person‚ one‚ Great Expectations is a full life story‚ and you can tell by the very

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    Why do readers find Great Expectations so enjoyable? Michael Johnson Dickens uses pathetic fallacy to illustrate the predicament that faces the characters in the novel. It also depicts the emotions the characters feel and indicates how the scene is going to change. For example‚ the dramatic weather change‚ conveyed in the line‚ “The evening mist was rising now‚” during the second ending when Estella and Pip meet‚ mirrors the realisation of Pip and Estella’s true feelings for each other.

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    identity through relationships‚ connections to place and offers acceptance and understanding. This value inspires human nature’s desire to seek belonging; however it is also Human nature to create barriers which prevent it. Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations exemplifies these concepts‚ through figurative language and structural form‚ protagonist Pips overwhelming desire to become a Gentleman‚ but also how lack of understanding is a constant obstacle throughout his journey to ascertain this perceived

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    and strong will to overcome obstacles was misconstrued in his novel. Dickens’ view of women as portrayed in Great Expectations was as dependent. Women are dependent on the limits society places on them‚ dependent on men for happiness‚ and dependent on the class level they were born into and their upbringing. Society expected women to adhere to the expectations of their class. This expectation was made apparent through Biddy‚ who conformed to her social class. As a member of the lower class‚ she worked

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    Great Expectations a novel by Charles Dickens takes reader on an epic adventure filled with unexpected encounters with a myriad of people with vastly different backgrounds that ultimately shape Pip into the man that he becomes. Pip moves from the social class that he was born to‚ to one that he is elevated to by an anonymous benefactor. The two people that typify the conventional expectations of romanticism and realism are Pip the protagonist and Joe Gargery the humble blacksmith. Joe clearly shows

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    Great Influences The novel Great Expectations‚ by Charles Dickens‚ is a story about a young boy‚ Pip‚ who is shown growing many ways throughout the novel. When the story first begins‚ Pip lives with his eldest sister (he is an orphan) and her husband‚ Joe. They are quite poor and live on the marshes. When he is asked to come play at the large house of Miss Havisham‚ he meets Estella‚ Miss Havisham’s haughty‚ beautiful‚ and cruel daughter‚ whom he falls in love with almost immediately‚ and who is

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    Great Expectations Essay The story Great Expectations is best viewed through the class studies critical lens with a contrast between rich and poor. Miss Havisham’s estate and Uncle Pumblechook are comparable to the life of Pip and the family he lives with because they are upper class and lower class. In just the first 30 minutes of the story‚ the recurring motif of rich versus poor is expressed three times. First‚ when Pip is forced by Uncle Pumblechook to go to Miss Havisham so that his family

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