Analysis Of Great Expectations By Charles Dickens

"Great Expectations" is one of Dickens's most mature works, are his late works. After experiencing a wealth of human life, Dickens has a profound understanding of people, the surrounding environment, and his own life experiences. All his mature ideas and thoughts are summarized in the book "Great Expectations". Dickens is a British writer and social critic. He has created some of the most famous fictional characters of the world and is regarded by many as the greatest Victorian novelist. His work enjoyed an unprecedented reputation for his life, and by the 20th-century critics and scholars had realized that he was a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. There are total 59 chapters of the book "Great Expectations",

The Victorian era was considered the peak of the British Industrial Revolution and the British Empire. Most of its years were defined as 1837-1901, in the reign of Alexandrina Victoria. Beginning from the middle of the eighteenth century, under the influence of the United States independence, the French revolution, and the industrial revolution, major changes have taken place in Europe. As a result of the rise of capitalists, the society formed the distinction between high class, middle class, and working class. In order to elevate their social status, either elites or the middle class, hiring servants has become one of the means of displaying their own identity symbols and, as a result, the differences between these classes are more defined. The main narrator of "Great Expectations" is Pip. The main story of the book revolves around how Pip learned the hope and disillusionment of a gentleman's upper-class life in London after receiving funding from the mysterious Lord. Dickens captures the Victorian emotional structure and social ethos accurately. Through Pip's life trajectory, two main dimensions of social mobility model have reproduced: the horizontal flow from rural areas to cities and towns in the geographical space, the vertical flow from lower classes of poor families to the gentleman in the upper class in the social space. These two major trends reflect the social aspirations of individuals to

The reason why Pip wants to be a "gentleman (upper-class people)" is due to changes in the surrounding environment. Later, the surrounding environment also caused his apathy or even dislike of Joe. From this point, the novel tells people that the human mind is easily lost to secular influences, so it is even more commendable to have a noble and pure soul than to own wealth and status. The British society in the novel was in the 19th century, when the social wealth rapidly expanded under the influence of the Industrial Revolution. The emergence of industrial capital has increased the temptation of wealth to people and widened the gap between the rich and the poor in society, especially between cities and villages. Undoubtedly, Dickens writes about this pessimistic atmosphere everywhere: crude, brutal and ignorant villains can become "upper-class" through inheritance and exploitation. Miss Havisham who believes in pure love fell into the trap of marriage; money was a volume empty by the trap. In such cases, the author criticizes the injustice and darkness in society. And London, the symbol of the wealth and capital of the industrialized society of the time, was dark, crowded and dirty with Dickens. Narrow streets, cinder-filled hotels, dark skies and dirty jails represent the darkness and evil of industrial society. On the contrary,