Rational expectations

A teenage boy who was the eldest brother attended college, where he was away from home for a long time. On his way home from school during a mid-term break, his expectations of coming home to a perfect family reunion would change forever. His neighbors drove him home “I met my father crying.” (Seamus 4). On that day the teenage boy would soon find out that his younger brother was involved in an accident. He got the…

The most important character among three Christmas ghosts in A Christmas Carol Christmas Carol was an influent novel which was written by Charles Dickens throughout one and half century about a life of Ebenezer Scrooge as a negative, penny-pinching and distasteful man in London. No one had ever wished to work as an employee in his office after his best business partner Jacob Marley died except Bob Cratchit. Nothing in the world would scare Scrooge if it wasn’t about the gold…

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…

Throughout his growth into early adulthood and his new life in London in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, Pip, the protagonist, is influenced by many characters. Joe Gargery, his sister’s husband, who Pip begins to resent once he starts living a wealthier life, but returns to loyally in the end; Miss Havisham, the vengeful old woman that Pip suspects to be his benefactor for the majority of the novel; Abel Magwitch, a convict, and Pip’s actual benefactor repaying him for his kindness as a…

The Tropic of Orange written by Karen Yamashita is a novel that takes place in Los Angeles, California featuring seven main characters. The Tropic of Orange is based off of a one week schedule in which each character narrates the novel. Yamashita chooses Los Angeles for the storyline because it is a city that is rich in cultural diversity. The Tropic of Orange deals with American concepts such as gender inequality, the American dream, the melting pot, and stereotyping. This novel gives seven…

According to the Marxist Lens, social class plays an essential role in Great Expectations through the power one can achieve by simply becoming a gentleman. The book Great Expectations was written by Charles Dickens. This book exposed many different types of lessons; however there were two main lessons that were visible throughout the book itself. In the book it explains how Pip a young boy, who lives with his sister Mrs. Joe Gargery and her husband Mr. Joe Gargery. Mr. Joe Gargery was a very…

In Charles Dickens’ novel, Great Expectations, Pip is portrayed as a boy brought up in a poor family. He inherits a large fortune from an unknown benefactor and leaves behind his whole life as he had known previously, and starts anew. Pip abandons his family and friends and only comes back to visit them when it benefits him, or whenever Estella wishes for his assistance. Things go great for Pip until near the end of the story, when his money is lost and he now must depend on his friends and…

Both the Odyssey and Great expectations involve an adventure to experience through tough adversity that they have to overcome. There is not a lot to know about Homer, but he wrote two stories called the Iliad and The Odyssey. His style of writing is a heroic poetry. Homer sets the story in the town of Troy, where a character named Odysseus- a well known hero of The Odyssey, begins his adventure. Odysseus is very intelligent and knows how to defeat his opponents by outsmarting them. He has to…

After this semester, having read To Kill A Mockingbird, Julius Caesar, and A Christmas Carol, I decided that the primary criteria I had set for my enjoyment of literature included literary voice and expression of relevant themes. Through comparison, the eventual, albeit shaky, prevalence of Julius Caesar over A Christmas Carol became clear. To Kill A Mockingbird fell to last place, due to its sharp contrast from the style of writing that appeals to me. Julius Caesar was highly enjoyable to me…

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…