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    Great Expectations Reading Log (Chapters 1-7) 1. Chapter 1: Meeting the Convict Chapter 2: Stealing from his Family Chapter 3: The Convict receives the Gifts Chapter 4: Pip Panics Chapter 5: Looking for the Convicts Chapter 6: Reflecting on his decision Chapter 7: Invited to Play at Miss. Havinsham’s House 2. The dominant atmosphere in the first part of the novel is a fearful one. This atmosphere is created when Pip first meets the convict. Pip is then put in

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    Great Expectations: Themes of Love‚ Redemption and Isolation By Anne Gilmour Of the major themes from Charles Dickens novel "Great Expectations" to be discussed as to their importance concerning its structure‚ I have selected "Love" in the context of human relationships‚ "Isolation" and finally "Redemption". The loneliness isolation brings can only be redeemed by the loving associate of our fellow man‚ this is a two way thing. "Had grown diseased‚ as all minds do and must and will

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    Great expectations by Charles dickens was written in 1860-1861. The opening chapter of great expectations is extremely important as it tells of each character from Pips perspective (also telling the readers just how naïve‚ young and innocent Pip is amidst this gloomy dwelling)‚ for example Pip says "…my first fancies regarding what they were like‚ were unreasonably derived from their tombstones" this tells us that Pip is a blank canvas ready to be painted on and every little thing will shape and

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    Great Expectations: PIP’S PERSONALITY CHANGE Most people would assume that through age and maturation‚ a boy with a wonderful heart and personality would further develop into a kind hearted‚ considerate gentleman. In Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens provides his readers with an example of a boy who regresses in certain aspects of his personality rather than progressing as one would expect. Pip‚ a person who had loved and revered his uncle Joe as a child‚ while maturing‚ finds that his

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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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    Charles Dickens is the best known of the English Victorian novelists. He wrote a great deal about women in Victorian society and the way that roles for women were changing. Prior to these times women were expected to marry and be reliant upon men. Men were deemed to be in charge and any money possessed by women immediately passed to her husband once married. Miss Havisham is the antithesis of the social norm as a self sufficient woman living off her own means. Dickens develops her character throughout

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    Victorian Era Education    In the novel ​ Great Expectations​  by Charles Dickens‚ the protagonist Pip says‚ “I took the  opportunity of being alone in the court­yard‚ to look at my coarse hands and my common  boots‚”(Dickens‚ 85)​ .​  Born from a lower class‚ Pip had sense of lack inferiority regarding his  social class and opportunities for education. Although schools have always been around it wasn’t  until the Victorian era that education was improved considerably and available for all children 

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    Great Expectations: Injustices and Poor Conditions Committed On Women and Children Great Expectations‚ authored by Victorian novelist Charles Dickens‚ is considered one of his finest works of literature. It was indicative of Dickens’s strong feelings for injustices and poor conditions committed on women and children of that time. Through the main character‚ Pip‚ Dickens’s demonstrated the compassion he felt for children. Most readers‚ like myself‚ are able to associate Pip’s experiences with

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    is not always a bad thing. People sometimes tell lies to escape from harsh situations or to utilize it to teach someone a lesson. When people are in harsh situations they often feel that the only way to escape that situation is to lie. In “ Great Expectations” When Pip returns from Miss Havisham’s house‚ he is a little confused. The events that took place‚ and Miss Havisham‚ are “incomprehensible” to him. Pip felt convinced that if he “described Miss Havisham’s as my eyes had seen it‚ I

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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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