No one can get to her feelings this is shown by the quote ‘square impregnable bib’. The quote ‘wore a course apron’ suggests that she is not a very nice person and is quite unpleasant. Another quote that makes Mrs Joe Gargery sound unhappy and angry is ‘redness of skin’ which suggests that she is always in a bad mood and is always angry. Another way that the reader would know she is angry is because the colour red which suggests anger and love however in this case it is anger.
Joe Gargery
Joe Gargery is Pips uncle and is married to his sister Mrs Joe Gargery. However Joe is not treated like a husband. The reader would know this because of the ‘easy going’, which suggests that he is quite of a pushover and is not bothered about what other people think about him. A quote that is used in the novel to describe him and his appearance is ‘fair’ this is because Joe has light coloured hair. Also it suggests that he is a nice and caring person. The quote ‘smooth face’ suggests that Joe is an honest person and is not hiding anything and does not frown or seem angry. It suggests that he is an honest person in the novel. The quote ‘good natured’ also suggests that he is a good and honest person. It suggests also that he is a happy person and is happy for everyone else as well as for him self.
The theme of this novel is about childhood. The quote ‘my first fancies regarding what the were like were derived form their tombs stones’. This quote is said by Pip, which suggests to the reader that Pip is quite childish and has a childish mind. This is because in the beginning of the novel Pip visits the graveyard and because he has never seen his parents before he describes them on the way their graves look and feel like. This also shows that Pip has got a wild imagination.
Another theme of this novel is abuse. ‘She concluded by throwing me at Joe. Pip tells the reader that his sister had thrown him at Joe Gargery. This shows that she does not care for him at all. This also shows that she may be jealous of him. This is because Pip and Joe Gargery get along with each other fine. Where as Mrs Joe Gargery and Joe Gargery do not get along with each other. Abuse also links with bullying. In this case Pip is bullied is forced to play with Estella who says nasty things to him all the time.
Another reason why there is abuse in this novel is because Mrs Joe Gargery and Pips parents had died and because of this Mrs Joe Gargery has to look after Pip. Mrs Joe Gargery also may not love Pip as her brother because her mother maybe had died after giving birth to Pip and Mrs Gargery had also become a mother herself to Pip at a younger when she did not want to be a mother to him.
Furthermore, another theme of this novel is crime, ‘I had begun by asking questions and I was going to rob Mrs Joe’. Pip thinks he is turning out to be a thief in the novel. This is because earlier on in the novel Pip had been asking Mrs Joe Gargery too many questions. Mrs Joe Gargery had told Pip ‘ All convicts start by asking lots of questions, just like you!’. Another Pip thinks that he is turning out to be a thief is because he ask he goes down the stairs to meet the convict and give him food a voice in his head screams ‘STOP THIEF!’.
Charles Dickens puts a convict in his novel, which relates to crime. The convict in this novel is Magwitch who has escaped. ‘He turned me upside down and emptied my pocking. This also shows crime in the novel. This is because Magwitch sees Pip and threatens him to bring ‘whittles’, ‘ I’ll cut your throat’. Magwitch threatens Pip and tells him that he is not alone in the graveyard. Magwitch tells him there is a boy with him who will kill him wherever he is he also tells him that the boy can also kill him when he will be in his warm cosy bed putting his blankets over his head to keep away form the danger.
There is another type of theme in this novel, which is Guilt. The most person who is guilty is Pip after he steals form his sister Mrs Joe Gargery and gives the food and tools, which he had stolen from Joe Gargery to the convict.
Another type of theme in this novel is fear. ‘My eyes looked hopelessly into his’ this quote suggests that Pip is terrified of the convict who he is looking at. This also shows that Pip can do nothing but stare hopelessly at the scary coarse-grey looking man who is holding him really tight which is one of the reasons that Pip is terrified of him.
The structure of this novel is written in first person. Which means it is an autobiography. The novel is an autobiography that is written by Pip. He describes his child hood all the way to his adulthood. Pip tells the reader how he felt and what he thought during each event. All the things that Pip tells the reader about are in the past hence. The things that Pip tells us that are in the past hence are the things that Pip may tell the reader later on if he regrets anything and what he would do if he could change it.
Charles dickens wrote the novel as an autobiography of Pips so that the reader can understand what Pip feels and thinks. He also wants the reader to understand what Pip wants an imagines about his life when he is older. Charles Dickens chose to write the novel as an autobiography because Pip is almost like an orphan and Charles Dickens would want to get Pips points and feelings across to the reader.
The quote ‘wilderness beyond the church yard’ suggests that the graveyard is empty and hostile. Another quote that blends with this one is ‘ bleak place overgrown’. Both these quotes suggest that Pip is on his own in the graveyard. Also the ‘savage lairness relates with the ones above building up to the same thing. Charles Dickens personifies and uses pathetic fallacy to compare Pips feeling with the weather and atmosphere. An example to this is ‘ bleak black’ this quote describes that the atmosphere is miserable but more importantly is suggests that Pip is miserable.
‘Shivers growing afraid’ and ‘savage lair was the sea’ both these quotes describe the atmosphere and the weather. ‘Shivers growing afraid’ this quote reflects to pip and suggests that Pip is afraid in the graveyard. This may be because he is alone and there is no in the graveyard apart from him. The quote ‘savage lair was the sea’ Charles Dickens describes the sea as an animal. The reader can tell this by the word ‘savage’ which describes an animal.
One reason why the novel ‘Great Expectations’ is interesting and sounds interesting is because of the language.
Charles Dickens describes the graveyard where Pip is in as ‘the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard’. This quote has been used to describe the atmosphere. The word ‘wilderness’ suggests that the graveyard is empty and hostile. The quote ‘bleak place overgrown’ and ‘the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard’ both theses quotes show that Pip is on his own in the graveyard.
Charles Dickens describes the place where Pip is in at the beginning of the novel as ‘the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard’. This quote has been used to describe the atmosphere. The word ‘wilderness’ suggests that the graveyard is empty and hostile.
Another quote that Dickens has used to describe the atmosphere is ‘bleak place overgrown’. Both these quotes show that Pip is on his own in the graveyard. ‘The savage lair’s’ also relates with quotes above building up the same thing.
Charles Dickens has used personification in this novel, which makes the novel sound more interesting. ‘Savage lair of the sea’ this quote suggests that the sea is being compared to a wild animal. The reader would know this by the word ‘savage’ which means dangerous which many animals can be.
Dickens uses pathetic fallacy to describe Pips feelings by comparing the weather to how Pip feels. Also how the weather reflects the mood of Pip.
The atmosphere that Dickens creates through the description of the graveyard and the marshes is spooky and scary. This is because the weather is cloudy, dark and misty. Also the quotes that are used build up to a dangerous atmosphere as well as a scary atmosphere. Because Charles Dickens has used pathetic fallacy the reader knows that Pip is feeling terrified because he is on his own and also because of the weather and the atmosphere that are both cold and windy.
Charles Dickens creates a suspenseful atmosphere. This is because the weather is cloudy and misty anyone can come out of the fog and appear on the graveyard.
To conclude I think that the first two chapter of the novel are engaging. They both build suspense. In the first chapter the Pip meets a convict called Magwitch who threatens hit to bring food and tools or else he would die. As Pip does do this in a way Magwitch and Pip become friends. Also suspense is created in the second chapter as Magwitch is caught and has to go back from where he had come from. The reader is left suspense by thinking if Magwitch and Pip would ever meet again.
The novel does not have any relevance to day. This is because orphans are not treated the same as they were in the 1800s. Orphans do not have to climb chimneys and maybe even die. They are not like young workers nowadays. Orphans are given love and are treated like any other child in this world would be treated. They don’t have to work at such a young age. Orphans are educated and loved by families who are willing to look after them.
