Great expectations

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James Tully

How dose Charles Dickens create tension and suspense for the reader in chapter one of “Great expectations”

It is exciting and important in chapter one of great expectations because its drags the readers into by making the reader want to find out what happens all of the time.

In this story the reader feels sorry for Pip and makes you read on by making you want to find out what the future has in store for him.

What happens in chapter one is that Pip is in a grave yard looking over his past on parents when he gets attacked by a convict,

The convicts tell Pip to get whittles and a file or the convict said he would eat the Pips liver.

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The setting is also a key factor in the first chapter because it sets a spooky atmosphere and also the mood of the reader by saying “a memorable raw afternoon” it makes the reader that the weather is the worst thing that is happening but it also describes the graveyard as “over grown with nettles“it makes the reader feel that the place is uncared for a bit like Pip is uncared for (As his parents have died and he is brought up by his cruel sister Mrs. Joe Gargery).

Dickens also makes Pip sound isolated by saying “the dark ...

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