Abel Magwitch

3.3 Motivation to be Better Freud thought that the psychological motive power is decided by the inborn instinct drives and the human behavior is driven by the biological urge directly or indirectly. So Pip’s motivation is natural and involuntary. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs in 5 levels, namely physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging need, respect need and self-actualization need, Pip made great efforts to learn blacksmithing and hoped to win people’s respect and…

that Estella still has a bit of affection for her forced childhood playmate. On the other hand, Magwitch funds Pip on his journey to become a gentleman. Magwitch does not speak with the same upper class dialect Dickens utilizes when writing Miss Havisham’s character. Instead Magwitch speaks in the same fashion as Joe; uneducated, excitable, and unaware of his many grammatical errors. Furthermore, Magwitch outright declares himself as Pip’s second father while Miss Havisham makes sure that people…

Even though Magwitch stole turnips as a food source because he was a convict, he still tried to return the favor for Pip even though Pip has completed small favor for him long ago. Even though many years has passed by, Magwitch tries his best to fulfill Pip’s hopes of becoming a gentleman. Magwitch reveals to Pip that he is actually his benefactor. Magwitch continues to try and do everything for Pip, and throughout the story he shows…

We’ve already there are examples of imagery in Great Expectations less immediately striking, yet collectively as significant, primarily because the same or similar images unexpectedly recur in different contexts. For example, when Pip have seen Magwitch hunted down and captured by the soldiers, he is taken back to the Hulks by a crew of other…

Everybody has expectations for themselves and for others, but they may not all mean the same thing. In the novel, Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Pip goes through a journey of becoming a gentleman with the help of many people. The title of the novel has significance to the story because the protagonist, Pip, has many expectations throughout the novel. All of Pip’s expectations are connected in some way which is why they are called “great expectations”. Pip has many ways of why he has…