Great Expectations A Glimpse Into Victorian England

Great Expectations was a novel written by Charles Dickens in 1860. Dickens was born on February 7th 1812, in Hampshire. Charles was working for long hours in extremely bad conditions at the age of 12, experiences like have a huge influence on the way he writes his novels because they’re mostly about how the poor lived during Victorian Britain. Great expectations was set in Victorian Britain in the early nineteenth century, where women were seen more as objects or property than a human, where people where divided into social classes, e.g. you were either respectful, rich and led a luxurious life or were poor and inferior. In the novel, Pip is the main character of the story which begins when he’s under the age of ten, his parents died†¦show more content†¦The descriptive techniques that Dickens uses to describe Pip create an image of a chubby, â€Å"undersized† and weak boy in the readers’ minds. Pip, like most of the characters in Dickens’ books, is of working class, this is the reason he feels different to Ms Havisham and Estella, his appearance and dress are made fun of by Estella â€Å"what course hands he has! And what thick boots†, this makes him feel ashamed of who he is, meeting Ms Havisham and Estella and visiting the Satis house changes him into an idealistic boy who wants to become a rich gentleman just to impress Estella. When Pip meets Magwitch, he is immediately terrified and starts â€Å"trembling† as he watches Magwich ravenously eat his bread, he feels threatened by him, â€Å"eyes looked most powerfully down into mine, and mine looked most hopelessly into his†, he finds him terrifying because Magwitch is a lot more strong and powerful than he is. The relationship between Magwitch and Pip becomes more and more interesting throughout the book because it is soShow MoreRelatedGrant Handley. Rattan. English 2331.03. 4 April 2017. 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