Expectation-maximization algorithm

PIP’S SLIP-UPS The book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens tells the life story of a boy named Pip. His parents died when he was young, leaving him in the care of his sister and her husband, Joe. As Pip grew, he was faced with a blood-curdling escaped convict, a chaotic rich woman, and a few twisted love interests. The more that Pip experienced, the more opportunities opened up for him. He moved to London where he would soon adapt to the ways of becoming a gentleman. However, Pip’s choices…

Great Expectations was written by author Charles Dickens. It covers the life of a boy named Pip. Pip falls in love with a girl named Estella whose adopted mother is Miss. Havisham. Miss. Havisham had shaped and formed Estella to shy away from love and to take it upon herself to keep the revenge going. Pip has noticed that the reason that Estella may not want him would be because he’s not a true gentlemen. He later finds out that he gets an anonymous benefactor that gives him money. Pip takes the…

Social Class In the novel , Dickens reveals a theme of social class and shows us that social class affects our actions , reputations and how we choose to live our lives overall. In the novel Pip states , "I was haunted by the fear that she would sooner or later find me out , with a black face , and hands , doing the coarsest part of my work and would exult over me and despise me"(page 83). In this quotation Pip is speaking of his hard labor and the shame it would bring him if the girl he loved…

Pip Wars Charles Dickens’s classic, Great Expectations, is notorious for the symbolism that is integrated into the novel. The main character, Pip, is able to decipher a great deal about each social class based upon how members of the different classes interact with food around him. Pip’s father figure, Joe, is able to constantly love him for who he is, while Mr. Pumblechook changes his appreciation for Pip, and Miss Havisham constantly loves him for who he is not. Pip’s unconditional love that…

sex. Miss Havisham has had previous issues with her relationships and she gives off different emotions throughout the book. In Great Expectations, Pip’s decisions are influenced by Miss Havisham, Estella, and Joe’s impact in the book. It can easily be inferred that Miss Havisham has a cold heart and Estella catches onto her way of thinking. In great expectations, Miss Havisham was once jitted by a man and that tragedy seriously hurt her. Since Miss Havisham is suffering for losing her beloved…

A. My favorite character had to be Wemwick for so many reasons. First of all, his split personalities from work and at home, which are clearly highlighted when his “official sentiments” says, “–Invest portable property in a friend…Certainly he should not. Unless he wants to get rid of the/ friend” (pg. 309 and 310) for when Pip asks for advice about helping Herbert, but his “Walworth sentiments” says, “I must tell you one thing. This is devilish good of you… Skiffins (that’s her brother) is an…

In the novel Great Expectations, Pip seems to suffer from banishment because his parents are dead and so are his siblings. The only person he truly has is his older sister Mrs. Joe. She does not treat Pip that great, which makes him feel left out and treated different. Mrs. Joe makes Pip feel that way because of the power she thinks she has over him and her husband. Reading throughout the novel shows how Pip choose to live this way, even though he is not happy and alienated from the rest.…

In “Great Expectations” Charles Dickens carefully mixes elements of the comic, the tragic, and the grotesque to create a dynamic story. Dickens blends these aspects together within scenes in order to accomplish this. He fuses them together to produce a story that is humorous, melancholy, and sentimental, all at the same time. Within the story, Dickens uses the comic to create humor, the tragic to create melancholy, and the grotesque to create sentimentality. He creates his humor through the use…

One of the events that I believe contributes the most to Pip’s character would be after he goes to the Satis house. It was at Miss Havisham’s house where he met and fell in love with Estella whom he then wishes to impress. Pip says so himself in chapter XIV. This entire chapter talks about being ashamed of home. He talks about it not being very pleasant at his house because of his sister but Joe making up for it on her behalf. Pip recalls how highly he thought of his house and says that all…

Throughout the novel “Great Expectations” there are few people who could be considered a confidant. A confidant is someone who is usually has a type of relationship with the main character of the story and the main character can confide in. Biddy worked as a confidant because of how she functioned for Pip, the reader and other characters. Firstly, Biddy was a confidant for Pip. Pip felt secure with Biddy and was able to share some inner thoughts in the hopes of relieving his mind.The reason…