Analysis Of Charles Dicken In Great Expectations

Great Expectations tells the ultimate rags to riches story of the Orphan Pip. Dickens takes his readers through life changing events that ultimately mold the identity of the main character. Dividing these events into sections will provide the basis for interpreting which events had the most profound effect on Pip’s identity towards the end of the novel. These life-changing events provide the catalyst for the development of Pip’s character from childhood, his adolescence, maturing into a social gentleman, and finally becoming a self-aware man of society.

Soon after the incident in the graveyard, Pip is introduced to a class of people deemed superior to his own only by virtue of their wealth. From them, Pip learns to judge others, and himself, by the quantity and quality of their material possessions, rather than the quantity and quality of their humanity. Thus blinded by the tangible, or material, Pip adopts the values of this better class and goes off in blind pursuit of such possessions as will make him an acceptable member of their numbers.

The evidence that Pip is an insecure, impressionable young boy is that Estella opinions in his coarse hands and thick boots made him break down and cry. He blames his sister for his insecurities because of his sisters’ bringing him up had made him sensitive.

2. Briefly describe the convict. What evidence is there that the convict has "human" qualities and is not merely a criminal? The convict is a fearful man all in coarse gray, with a great iron on his leg, no hat, with

The novel begins in a graveyard, where Magwitch threatens Pip and demands that Pip bring him some basic necessities for survival. The next morning, Pip sneaks downstairs to the kitchen and steals bread, cheese, a pork pie, and a file from Joe’s forge to bring to Magwitch. As Pip is running to meet Magwitch, he describes the engulfing mist as being “so thick that the wooden finger on the post directing people to the village … was invisible to [him] until [he] was quite close under it” (p. 12). The mist is described as “thick” to demonstrate overwhelming lack of hope Pip has going forward. As Pip is robbing the pantry, he imagines that “every crack in every board was calling after [him] ‘Stop thief!’

Pip is a young orphan boy living with his sister Mrs. Joe and her husband Joe Gargery in the marshes of Kent. One evening Pip sits in the nearby graveyard staring at his parent’s tombstones, when out of nowhere a convict pops up from behind the tombstones and grabs Pip. The convict orders Pip to get him food and a file for his leg irons. Pip obeys in fear, but when he comes back with the items the convict has been captured. The convict also defends Pip by saying he stole these items from him. Days go by and Pip gets picked up by his uncle Mr. Pumblechook to play at Satis house, the wealthy Miss Havisham. During his visit he meets this young girl named Estella, although she treats him poorly on his visit. Pip falls in love with her

“And as to the condition on which you hold your advancement in life—namely, that you are not to inquire or discuss to whom you owe it—you may be very sure that it will never be encroached upon, or even approached by me, or by any one belonging to me.” (Dickens, 177). This excerpt foretells the main theme of the novel, Pip’s journey of self-improvement.

Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations is widely regarded to be his most autobiographical work. The coming of age story follows a young boy, Pip, and his desire to become part of high society in London, along with winning over the heart of a girl he can never be with, Estella. Dickens’ charming style of writing brings the reader right into Pip’s mind, and at points the novel can be highly amusing. However, it is clear through Dickens’ settings and descriptions, as well as Pip’s thoughts and actions, that he had a cynical, generally pessimistic view of life.

In novels, character development, If not always, relies upon the doings and variations of other characters they interact with. In the infamous novel, "Great Expectations", Pip’s brother-in-law, Joe, is considered to be one of the most dependable and loyal characters to Pip, despite having adverse personalities. For example, where Pip is known to be zealous and eager to move forward with things at almost any cost, Joe is more of a steady, content man who would much rather stay in the comfortable quarters living of his own home. As a result, Joe is one of the most bona fide and pleasant characters to the reader in “Great Expectations”. As Pip grows all through the novel, he develops and matures from an ingenuous, young boy to a man of high morality throughout his life. The role of Pip is developed through the positive and negative influences of Joe, because the genuine circumstances and attempts at friendship.

The book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is about Pip’s life, but involves many stories and relations. This novel of 544 pages was published on 1861 by Chapman & Hall. It describes the protagonist life since he was a kid and a radical change he had, to the life before another unexpected change. In this report I’m going to briefly summarize a part of this extent book.

                  The quest to improve oneself, rise in social circles or accumulate wealth to find happiness is a journey many have embarked on. In the novel Great Expectations, Charles Dickens explores this topic through the character Pip, a young orphan boy living in lower class England during the mid-1800’s. The overriding theme of the book is clear:  love, loyalty, and integrity are more fulfilling than social status, wealth, and class. The title of the book reflects Pip’s approach toward life. He is never content but always has Great Expectations of something better coming in his future, whether it be love, social status or his own integrity. As we follow Pip from his childhood, through adolescence and eventually into his life as an adult, we witness him struggle with his conscience while obsessively longing to improve his social standing in life and win the love of a girl he views as his social superior. Pip eventually learns that wealth and influential friends can never compare to the love and devotion of your family.

There are salient junctures in Pip’s upbringing that make him who the person he was; this is a tale that in which Pip was soliciting for awareness of himself, as well he realized that his life had major elements of obscurity; due to the fact, he was presented clearly, two radical different lifestyle choices; one, involving a life as a blacksmith and the other; involving the path as life as am affluent prosperous gentleman. Dickens carefully wrote in the periods of Pip’s life and how those set of circumstances; affected by choice, as well affected Pip’s later choices he had made. The temptation of class and wealth perverted the actions of Pip and other people around him; Pip is therefore contemplating on how he was saved by reminiscence of the stages of his life. In the first stage; Pip encounters Magwitch; by accident, this affects the outcome of later events of his life; Pip is than introduced to Miss Havishism and Estella, he fell in love with Estella, and was dramatically persuaded by the promises he made to himself, from his encounters with Miss Havhishism and Estella. Dramatically; Pip than learned the truth about his wealth and that Magwitch was Estella 's father; this collapsed Pip’s vision of reality and forced him to alter his exceptions concerning the truth; Pip than had to save himself from his own selfishness, as well as his malice actions, to the ones who were faithful to him; finally, at the end Pip is a full grown adult and had gain

Since it was first published over 150 years ago, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations has come to be known as a timeless and remarkably moving work of literature. It is considered to be one of Dickens’ most recognizable works, and is celebrated for its meaningful, universally-believed themes. In order for this novel to be properly understood, a thoughtful analysis of its major themes must be given.

For this essay I will be focusing on the opening chapters of Great Expectations, a novel written by Charles Dickens. I am going to consider the Victorian society at the time and dickens’ use of language to express themes, settings and characters.

People tend naively see orphans and those without caring families as hopeless and loveless creatures. However, the goodness of strangers can easily prove these thoughts nonsensical as people can provide an abundance of support and love to those with no blood relation to them and can embrace strangers as family. In Charles Dickens’ two novels Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, Dickens challenges the typical idea of parentage and suggests the through love and generosity anyone can become a guardian or mentor figure. Therefore, people should not place as much faith in blood relations and look to others for sources of guidance and compassion.