Great Expectations

What were Pip's first impressions of his parents and where had he derived them from?

Answer: Since Pip had never seen his parents, he had made his own picturisation based on the inscriptions on their tombstones. He believed his father was a square, stout man with curly hair and Georgina, his mother was freckled and sickly.

What kind of countryside surrounds the graveyard? Pick out all descriptive words and phrases used to describe it.

Answer: The countryside was along a river twenty miles from the sea. It was a bleak place with overgrown nettles in the churchyard. There were marshes all around with feeding cattle. The dark, flat wilderness beyond the churchyard was intersected with dykes, mounds and gates. The place was depressing, frightening, sorrowful and gloomy as the wind was rushing from the sea.

What overall picture does the reader get from the author's description about the countryside? How did it contribute to general atmosphere created?

Answer: The countryside was along a river twenty miles from the sea.

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Great Expectations. By Charles Dickens. [Twenty-on...

It was a bleak place with overgrown nettles in the churchyard. There were marshes all around with feeding cattle. The dark, flat wilderness beyond the churchyard was intersected with dykes, mounds and gates. The place was depressing, frightening, sorrowful and gloomy as the wind was rushing from the sea. The author creates a frightening environment with his description of countryside with a graveyard, marshes, mounds and scary winds.

Who does Pip meet in the graveyard and what is he doing there?

Answer: Pip meets a convict in the graveyard who has escaped from the prison. He was a fearful man, all in coarse grey, with a great iron on his leg. The convict threatens Pip to bring wittles as well as a file the next day.

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