Expectation

handle unexpected events responsibly through obstacles they overcome. When relations between two parties alter, one is able to better comprehend their own intuition. Through the trials and disappointments that Pip overcome in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, he emerges a more mature, sensible man. Pip reacts to sudden changes in situations with undesirable outcomes in a responsible manner. When Pip elevates to…

In Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations, the main protagonist Pip, grows throughout the novel as he develops from a simple, noble, naïve young boy to a respected and matured gentleman. As Pip narrates the story of his youth and the life changing events that made him a wise and mature person, Pip is contemplating how the changes in his life are not only relying on a particular person or event. – unlike what other fictional stories and books contain. – Starting with the convict, to the experiences…

Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens was created in a gothic fiction genre. This story revolves around the main character, Pip and his troubles that occur around the world. His manhood can be based around the archetypes of three stages, the first being isolated, then followed by the second stage of self-awareness and finally ending with the stage of wisdom. Pip begins as an abject individual who is lost in his hometown and he does not know what to do. He is isolated from not only the…

Great Expectations is a novel composed by Charles Dickens, this novel is set in early Victorian England, a period when tremendous social changes were influencing the country. It is a story told in the first person narration by a moderately aged Pip, who is glancing back at his adolescence and youth. The story takes its starting when Pip is just 6 or 7 years of age and is living with his sister and her metal forger spouse Joe in light of the fact that his parents are dead. Great Expectations…

In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the protagonist of the story, Philip Pirrip, or more commonly known as Pip, begins the story as a child. He is young and inexperienced and has high expectations of the world, even though his expectations do not seem large at first, as the story progresses, his expectations grow bigger until they finally crash down around him. Pip has strong morals, he knows what is right and wrong, but his expectations are too high to always do the right thing. He…

break hearts of young men in attempt to get some closure for her own past heart break. He would become the perfect tool for Miss Havisham’s revenge plot but by doing so, she will unintentionally harm Estella in the process. In the novel Great Expectations there is a consistent theme of innocence removed by those we trust the most. Dickens puts the naivety of childhood and the selfishness and self-centeredness of adult hood against one another as we watch Pip struggle to find where his loyalty…

Pip is met by Mr. Jaggers, a lawyer in London, and has come for Pip since he has “Great Expectations” (finally I know why the title is Great Expectations!!). The word goes around saying Pip will now be a gentlemen and be wealthy. Here we see the difference between the social classes again. People in town treats Pip differently since he is wealthy now. Even the people who…

The actual location of London might be a symbol that describes Pip’s success or how his “great expectations” turned out. At this point in the story, Pip is very lonely after leaving his family and that might foreshadow his future. This quote by Mr. Pocket reveals that the more one tries to cover up the simple truth of a person, the more they will show…

Great Expectations is solely about Pip and his expectations over time and for the reader to be able to understand how and why his expectations change, Dickens purposely has Pip describe his life as a child, adolescent and mild aged man. The purpose of Dickens using a bildungsroman is to have Pip grow from a young boy who has many fears and expectations into a man who can then reflect on his mistakes and his life as a whole. One of the first scenes of the novel begins with Pip running into…

positive and happy the more you can expect the character’s traits to be the same. If the character has been taught to be happy-go-lucky, live off of optimistic quotes, and bask in the glorious sun, they won’t be the antagonist in the story. In “Great Expectations”, Pip meets Magwitch in the cemetery while visiting his parents graves. By the word “cemetery”, the reader can immediately see that the geographical surroundings aren’t pleasant. Charles Dickens makes a point of this by describing the…