Miss Brill Essay

The classic romantic comedy, Miss Congeniality, tells the story of Gracie Hart, a female FBI agent, who finds herself undercover in the Miss United States Beauty Pageant to try and crack a murder case. When I chose this movie, I expected to write about how Sandra Bullock’s character helps empower women in beauty pageants by proving the women are more than just unintelligent, worthless, catty, dramatic, performing monkeys. I realized it is only in the last few moments of the movie, after the FBI ditches

Joe v.s. Miss Havisham Has anyone ever actually looked around and realized that every single person on this planet is different in their own way? In the book, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the characters are all different and special in their own sort of way. The two characters, Joe Gargery and Miss Havisham have many differences between them like their mood, their love life, and their everyday life. Joe's mood is usually happy and looking at the positive side of things, while Miss Havisham

Dickens introduced Pip as a child, an element essential to the understanding of Pip’s internal moralistic struggles. The establishment of young Pip makes the audience view Pip as an innocent and honest person. Children are often deemed to be more honest and simple than adults. When Pip first encounters the convict, the appearance of him scares Pip out of his mind. The man threatens Pip to bring him a few items otherwise he will go after his family. He also tells Pip to not tell a soul about him or

However, Pip brings Joe to Miss Havisham, on her request. Pip is embarrassed of Joe's clothing, the way he fiddles with his hat and how he walks on his tiptoes as they enter the house of Miss Havisham. He comments that Joe's dialect seems unusually strong and illiterate. As Miss Havisham questions Joe about starting Pip on his apprenticeship, Joe directs his answers towards Pip, who continually tries to make Joe address Miss Havisham. He is embarrassed of Joe and for Joe. Pip

love of Joe. He has been taught that humans of all societal levels are important. Pip is content at the forge until pompous Uncle Pumblechook, Joe's uncle, takes him to visit to Satis House, for the first time, where he makes the acquaintance of Miss Havisham and Estella. Satis House is dismal and devoid of life with the exception of Estella, in Pip's eyes. Estella is a pretty, proud, and emotionless girl with who treats Pip badly yet still causes Pip to become completely infatuated with her

Sympathy for Pip in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations The settings of Great Expectations have an important bearing on the storyline; the settings also echo the characters in personality and circumstance. The theme of the book seems to run parallel with the settings in some respects, such as the plain but wholesome life-style of Rochesterand the beckoning but ultimately shallow habitat of London. Throughout the book comparisons and relationships between story and

young boy named Pip. It shows us how his life is drastically turned around at the early age of seven, following the accidental meeting of the convict Magwich. There are many different events ranging from his meeting the convict, and Miss Havisham, his falling in love with Estella and his fortunate gaining of an unknown benefactor, which enables Pip to achieve more promising things in life. These events all play a huge part in how Pip is to turn out. And this cocktail of

Stage I of Pip's Expectations: Ch. I to IX Chapter I 1. How does Dickens use setting to convey the mood right at the opening? Charles Dickens uses the imagery of a bleak, unforgiving Nature in his exposition of "Great Expectations" to convey the mood of fear in Chapter 1.  The weather is described as "raw" and the graveyard a "bleak" place.  The "small bundle of shivers" is Pip himself, who is terrified by a "fearful man, all in coarse grey, with a great iron on his leg."  He is a desperate

Dickens' Social Commentary in Great Expectations               Charles Dickens' Great Expectations stands as one of the most highly revered works in all of English literature. The novel's perennial appeal lies in its penetrating depictions of character, rich panoramas of social milieu, and implicit crusades against social evils.1 Dickens used the growth of his characters in Great Expectations, particularly Pip, in relation to others to write about social reform, and most effectively illustrated

feelings about certain topics just so they will receive a good score in the questioning/ personality aspect of the contest. People may say that contestants describe their true beliefs. An example of this is when Miss California described her anti-gay marriage beliefs to pro-gay marriage judges. Miss California (Carrie Prejean) may have discussed her true feelings about her political views on gay marriage, but she was then negatively judged on her beliefs about gay-marriage. “Wow. We’re stunned on many