Sympathy for Pip in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
For the past half term, in English, we have been spending our lessons
on a novel by Charles Dickens called 'Great Expectations' We have been
concentrating on the opening Chapters as well as to understand the
novel. 'Great Expectations' is based on a boy called Pip. Pip is an
orphan who lives with his cruel sister and husband Joe Smith who's a
blacksmith. He is poor and lonely as his siblings unfortunately died.
The book tells us how Pip was encountered with a convict and how his
life has changed from there. Pip was given the chance to become a
'Gentlemen' and the novel takes us through an adventure, which along
the way picks up secrets. Dark secrets. Eventually Pip ends up with
his lifetime sweetheart Estella. Throughout this essay, I will be
explaining as well as describing how the author, Charles Dickens,
makes the reader, feel sorry for Pip.
We are now going to look at the first Opening Chapter. Chapter one is
basically telling us who the main person is and setting the scene in
which he was brought up with his sister. Charles Dickens has written
this novel in first person so it helps us to understand Pips feelings.
This Chapter tells us about his past, present and future. It tells us
how Pip feels about what the tragic thinks that have happened to him
ever since he was born.
In Chapter 1 the novel starts off by Pip introducing himself by
telling us how he ended up being called Pip. He then goes on to tell
us about his sister '...Mrs Joe Gargery, who married the
Blacksmith...' He then tells us about his parents. He tells us that he
has never seen his parents or his ...
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... that she made both drink tar water. In those
days it was said that tar was very good for you. Well they presumed
that it was good for you.
This Chapter goes on to tell us how Pips home life was. In this
Chapter Charles Dickens helps us to feel sympathy for Pip by giving
him such a nasty home life. He writes that Pips sister hits not only
Pip but also Joe. She is very nasty towards them.
In these days it is now illegal to hit any child let alone your child.
The cane has been banished and if you treat your children in a harmful
manner, your children would be taken away from you. It is not
situation Pip was in then not even for Joe as he got the painfulness
out of both of them.
Chapter 8 is when Pip goes to meet Estella and Mrs Havisham. He was
invited to go and meet her to play as it was written in the letter.
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sweet name for a small sweet boy; Magwitch - is he a witch? Or evil?
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as it was the norm in those days and he was taught to except it. It
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Pip's Sister and his Mum and Dad died she had to bring Pip up by
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