Compare Chapter One of Great Expectations, in which Pip...

Compare Chapter One of Great Expectations, in which Pip first meets the convict, with Chapter 39 when he returns. Pip Pirrip is our main character of the story ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens. From what we’ve read in chapter one, we have found out that he is an orphan living in Kent with his older sister and her husband, Joe Gargery. We are not sure about his age but we can guess that he is around eight years old. He meets an escaped convict by the name of Magwitch, who asks him to bring some food and a file so he can escape from the shackles at his feet. Later in the book, Pip inherits a lot of money and moves to London where he is educated and meets an old friend. But one night an old stranger by whom he doesn’t†¦show more content†¦The convict, Magwitch, is very similar to Pip in a sense. We again don’t know much about his parents, i.e. Pip’s being dead and hardly mentioned and Magwitch’s not mentioned at all, both uneducated and poor. Dickens creates the feeling of Magwitch being dangerous in a sort of way and persuasive because Magwitch told Pip that he would get someone to kill him if he didn’t meet the requirements. Magwitch is a very mysterious character because we don’t know his name till further on in the book creating a sense of anonymity. If Magwitch is uneducated, also he could be dangerous in a sense of that his dangerous personality put him in this position in the first place. We can tell that Magwitch is uneducated by the language he uses; he talks in slang with a colloquial expression: â€Å"Who d’ye live with? Supposin’ you’re kindly let to live†. His English is also very informal which also shows that he is uneducated as he has no manners and is not polite to people he doesn’t know, whereas Pip is polite and he treats the man with respect, despite him being a criminal. Dickens reveals that at the times of when the book was written, many people were uneducated and very poor. Only the rich were allowed to be educated and live happily, but the poor were seen as scum and were living in poor conditions, like the convict. We can see this from the English Magwitch uses and the English that Pip uses. Even though they are both uneducated, weShow MoreRelated Attitudes toward Victorian Society in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens1156 Words   |  5 PagesGreat Expectations Explore some of the ways in which Dickens’ attitudes to Victorian society are presented in the opening chapter of Great Expectations. For this essay I will be focusing on the opening chapters of Great Expectations, a novel written by Charles Dickens. I am going to consider the Victorian society at the time and dickens’ use of language to express themes, settings and characters. Charles Dickens wrote this story in the Victorian times. 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