Essays Tagged: "Pip"

Charles Dickens¹s Great expectations

ickens points out how people sometimes lead two lives that they want to keep separate.The change in Pip's life is characterized in several ways. First of all, there is a physical change, when he moves ... that was near some marshes, both of which reflect the "common" side of his life. London is seen by Pip as a great and wonderful city which symbolizes his expectations of what is to come in his future ...

(3 pages) 97 1 4.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

e else are seen throughout the book through the characters of Estella, Magwitch, Miss Havisham, and Pip.The character of Estella represents the symbols of isolation and manipulation. By acting as an a ... lation and manipulation. By acting as an adult when she was still young, she separated herself from Pip and others. This was due in large part to the way Miss Havisham, her stepmother, raised her. She ...

(3 pages) 121 0 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

Relates Great Expectations to fictional experiences in real life

tices 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 ... demonstrated the compassion he felt for children. Most readers, like myself, are able to associate Pip's experiences with their own. Pip endeavored upon many things that I can see myself doing.From t ...

(3 pages) 73 0 4.6 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

Joe Gargery's Character Analysis

man, if not human. Charles Dickens' novel, Great Expectations, is mainly based on a character named Pip who goes from 'rags' to 'riches'. Joe Gargery, Pip's brother-in-law, lives with Pip and Mrs. Joe ... o stay a mild and good-natured man. But what causes Joe to stay so mild and good-natured throughout Pip's transformation? The truth can only be revealed through studying his relationship to Pip, his i ...

(4 pages) 51 0 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

God's Law vs Human Law in Great Expectations

uman law into focus.The climate for this theme is established from the very beginning of the novel. Pip's act of Christian charity towards the convict can also be considered a serious crime. The story ... he eve in which we commemorate the birth of Christianity, an institution based on charity and love, Pip feels guilty for bringing food to a starving fellow human. Pip must steal food from his own fami ...

(5 pages) 112 0 4.7 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

A Character Sketch of Joe Gargary from Great Expectations

Joe asks Mrs. Gargery to marry him, heespecially insists that she bring her young orphanedbrother, Pip, to live with them. Joe never reminds Pip ofthis fact, except when telling Pip how much he think ... when telling Pip how much he thinks ofhim. Mrs. Gargery, on the other hand, is constantlyreminding Pip to be thankful of her 'raising him by hand'.At one point, Pip decides he will teach Joe to read. ...

(2 pages) 36 0 4.2 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

a character sketch of Pip in Dicken's "Great Expectations"

Great Expectations:PIP'S PERSONALITY CHANGE Most people would assume that through age and maturation, a boy with ... boy who regresses in certain aspects of hispersonality rather than progressing as one would expect. Pip, a person whohad loved and revered his uncle Joe as a child, while maturing, finds that hispersp ... rt, regresses becoming a superficial, ungrateful man who isashamed of what he had once been. Pip and Biddy had become the best of friends and felt very stronglytowards each other. However, once ...

(2 pages) 76 0 3.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

How people effect Pip and are effected by himre, in Great Expectations by Dickens

The following people effect Pip and are effected by him. Each has distinct personal characteristics and qualities.Mrs. Joe, Pip' ... ch has distinct personal characteristics and qualities.Mrs. Joe, Pip's sister, is about twenty when Pip is born. She is Pip's only known relative that is alive and has brought him up by hand. She is p ... relative that is alive and has brought him up by hand. She is portrayed as a strict mean person to Pip and Joe Gargery throughout her presence in the novel, by using the 'tickler,' a cane for beating ...

(3 pages) 44 0 3.3 Jan/1997

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This is a character sketch on Joe Gargery from the book Great expectations, writen by Charles Dickens

e their differences, but Joe is the "happy medium" of the three. Joe plays a very important role in Pip's (his step son) life.In the beginning Joe acts as the "good" parent to Pip. Mrs. Joe, on the ot ... the other hand, is an ill tempered mother. To put put it more bluntly, she is a short fused bitch. Pip looks to Joe not only as a father figure, but as a companion. no matter how much trouble Pip is ...

(1 pages) 53 0 3.7 Apr/2002

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Self Actualization in "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

ion or to become fully human. Charles Dickens' Great Expectations told the story of how a boy named Pip worked to achieved this. More specifically, Dickens wrote how Pip learning from his experiences ... al factors, like social class, aside, and discover his own potential. Only after this discovery did Pip gain true independence and was able to accept himself with all his faults, including his social ...

(3 pages) 100 0 5.0 Aug/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

This is a presentation on Diction and Syntax for Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations". Chapters 1-8

about the world.Simple SentenceDeclarative SentenceIt relates to the theme of social class, because Pip is a poor young boy at the time. Being a from the poor class, he doesn't know how to talk in the ... or not healthy.Connotations- What Dickens is trying to portray in this sentence is the condition of Pip's mother before she had died. She was very sick looking, and had freckles; since freckles come f ...

(6 pages) 51 0 4.7 Jun/2002

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Which of the three endings to Great Expectations was most appropriate considering the plot of the novel?

Great ExpectationsConclusions on the ConclusionGreat Expectations is the story of Pip, an orphan boy, who is being brought up by his sister and her husband Joe, the village blacksmit ... taken to Satis house, where lives the rich Miss Havisham and her ward Estella. Miss Havisham wants Pip to "play" for her. However having seen how they live Pip becomes dissatisfied with his own life ... love with Estella, who has, however been brought up by Miss Havisham to be a heartbreaker. However Pip is convinced that his mysterious benefactor is Miss Havisham, and that therefore she means him t ...

(5 pages) 61 0 4.5 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Comparing the first chapters of: Catcher in the Rye and Great Expectations

) directly to you.The main characters Holden (Catcher in the rye) and Philip Pirrip, referred to as pip because" My fathers name being Pirrip and my Christian name being Philip my infant tongue could ... ng Pirrip and my Christian name being Philip my infant tongue could make no more of both names than pip, so I called myself pip and came to be called pip". "Christian" is an example of an archaic word ...

(3 pages) 31 0 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens.

is imprisoned by his leg iron. The person being spoken to is imprisoned by the threats of the other.Pip, the protagonist of Great Expectations, and also the person being threatened in the above quote, ... outinely laments about his chosen career as a blacksmith, since Estella looks down upon his for it. Pip's "prisons" are the ones that affect the tone of the book the most.Estella suffers from various ...

(2 pages) 57 1 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

Essay about Magwitch from Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations."

nvict, readers soon see the kind man hidden behind his rough exterior. Magwitch took great pride in Pip while he worked in exile to make him a fine gentleman.In the beginning of the novel, Magwitch is ... el, Magwitch is presented as a ravenous convict. Cut and bruised from his recent escape, he empties Pip's pockets and threatens great harm. Forcing Pip to steal food and tools for him, Magwitch also p ...

(2 pages) 77 0 4.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

An analysis of the way Dickens and Angelou present the coming of age an search for identity of Pip and Maya in "Great Expectations" and "I Know why the Caged Bird Sings"

rom the age of three, until she is sixteen. "Great Expectations" is a fictional autobiography, with Pip, the main character followed from around 8, into his twenties. The book was written and based in ... racters ascent to adulthood is slightly different. Both characters leave their childhood homes, but pips character later returns. This is used to illustrate the author's view of what it means to be "G ...

(11 pages) 164 0 3.6 Feb/2003

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Great Expectations

Great ExpectationsThe Story starts out with the early life of Pip. Around age 8 or 9 he goes to Satis House at the request of an old woman named Ms. Havisham. He ... Male sex. Estella has no heart, no room to be loved, she cannot even feel emotions. Estella warned Pip on three occasions not to expect anything from her.On one occasion, Pip returned to Satis House. ... turned to Satis House. Pip and Estella were now all grown up. While they walked through the garden, Pip asked Estella if he remembered when she made him cry when they were younger. She told him no, sh ...

(2 pages) 29 0 3.0 Mar/2003

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The effects of gear In Charles Dickens' novel "Great Expectations"

The Effects of FearIn Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, the protagonist pip, a feeble child has been made to feel insecure about himself. His sister, who "brought him up by ... l insecure about himself. His sister, who "brought him up by hand" , mentally and physically abuses pip to the point that he has become "morally timid and sensitive"(63). Pip being made "morally timid ... lly timid and sensitive" has made his moral judgment weakened when threatened by fear.First of all, Pip's sister, a woman full of resentment, has made pip morally timid and sensitive by physically and ...

(4 pages) 33 0 5.0 Mar/2003

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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: Clouded Thoughts

, and duty to family. Throughout the whole book characters demonstrate these themes. The characters Pip, Estella, Joe, Mrs. Joe, and Biddy demonstrated love, a huge theme, throughout the book. Rich ag ... Love was one of the main characteristics that caused people?s judgment to become obscured. This was Pip?s first chance to really show his self-control and clear thinking. ?I kissed her cheek as she tu ...

(5 pages) 33 0 1.0 Apr/2003

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"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens: how Pip is the portrayal of what 19th century society considered a gentleman, whereas Joe was whom Dickens believed to be the true gentleman.

to answer this question in the novel Great Expectations. In this book, he portrays two characters, Pip and Joe, as two different views of a gentleman. Pip represents 19th century society's view of a ... ety believed that a gentleman was determined by his wealth, job, and status. In Great Expectations, Pip represents this view of the gentleman. Throughout the novel, Pip looks to achieve "great expecta ...

(3 pages) 73 1 0.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens