Great Expectations Analytical Essay

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As his name suggests Philip Pirrip, or Pip, was Charles Dickens own seed. Swathed in the desire to constantly improve the nature of who he is. Great Expectations follows this young Pip in his journey through time; as well as his journey to establish his own personal foundation in which he can stand upon. His very existence would be shaken upon meeting the cold Estella at a young age. Such a meeting had twisted Pip’s view of the world and would be his corrupt foundation for years to come.
He had come to know Estella upon entering the Satis House, the very name a paradox to the inhabitants of it. Inside the building many roads became lost in time, circling around in partial delusions of grandeur. Pip too became lost within the halls of the building, chasing after an elusive specter. She had whisper ideas power of how
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He begun to view the confines of the village as strangling. What once brought him great joy now bore the mark of peasantry; the forge which was once a second home to him now only gave him “a strong conviction on [him] that [he] should never” (91) enjoy such a setting again. The continued ripples from the first interaction with Estella and barrier between them now begun to create waves with the boy’s life. The man who was as close to a father he had, Joe Gargery, now became “ignorant and common” in his eyes, Pip wanted him to become “worthier of [his] society” (93). The prior line creates a great deal of importance to Pip’s developing character as the mention of “his society”, this phrase is characteristic to someone that has detached himself from the mentioned party and currently views himself as above them. Pip’s attempts to change Joe into what he had mistaken as nobility had only backfired, consequently these attempts were accentuated by Joe as knew the he was “wrong in these clothes” that he was “wrong out of the forge, the kitchen, or off th’ meshes”

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