Pip is also illustrated as frightened and hopeful a quote that shows us this is
‘I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn’t , and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying.’
This tells us that Pip is not really one to express his emotions and also in a kind of way it makes him kind of brave because any kid would be frightened and run of screaming or something if they ran into a convict. This makes the audience feel scared for Pip because I think that it worry anyone if a child was not scared of someone that was described the way that the convict was described.
Also in chapter one the convict is illustrated as a sort of pathetic and rough a quote that shows this is ‘no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head. A man who had been soaked in water, and smothered in mud, and lamed by stones, and cut by flints, and stung by nettles, and torn by briars; who limped, and shivered, and glared and growled; and whose teeth chattered in his head as he seized me by the chin.’
This shows us that the convict had rough sleeping conditions and also that he did not have much money to buy decent clothes.
This can also indicate that the convict is insecure and unloved.
The convict is also illustrated as threatening regarding his speak and actions a quote that shows this is ‘You bring them both to me, or I’ll have your heart and liver out’.
This gives us the idea that the convict has nothing to lose because no man in their right man would be so threatening towards a young boy of pip’s age.
I think that this shows aggression and masculinity and I think that because the convict is bigger then Pip that he has a much bigger advantage over him.
In chapter 1 the relationship between the convict and Pip in this chapter was
Completely different concerning their personalities and the way they acted.
In this chapter out of both the convict and Pip, Pip was the most calm and polite one because he says to the convict ‘If you would be as kind as to let me keep up right sir; perhaps I shouldn’t be sick and perhaps I could attend more’
This tells us that Pip is a clever boy and that he was bought up really well by that I mean that if it was any other child they would scream and run away but Pip had the patience and mannerism to stay and listen to what the convict had to offer. But the convict however is shown as aggressive this is shown when he says ‘keep still, you little devil, or I’ll cut your throat!’
This shows us that he is a lonely person and the only way for him to get his feelings across is to take his size to advantage and become aggressive towards people and to become a sort of bully.
This book also shows a good illustration of social historical background like for instance it shows punishment and treatment of criminals. This is shown where it says ‘a gibbet, with some chains hanging to it, which held a pirate (irons)’.
This tells us how completely different5 the treatment to workers in the 1800’s was to the treatment of workers today. Nowadays people don’t get tied up in chains and also other things that would happen to criminals would be that they get sent to Australia.
Also another point of social historical background that is illustrated in this play is the health. This is shown when it says ‘I believe they were fat, though I was at that time undersized for my years are not so strong’ (Both his parents and 5 little brothers had died).
This could tell us that the boy was malnourished and that his eating lifestyle was not good, and that he eats a lot of red meat and not enough nutrients.
It makes us think that his family could have died from natural causes but, they could have died of many things such as polio, smallpox, yellow fever, whopping cough, TB and influenza which were all going around during that time.
Dickens uses many different and effective language techniques.
Language techniques such as Descriptive language such as adjectives and adverbs. Quotes that show this are ‘no hat and broken shoes, a man that had been soaked in water, cut by flints, and stung by nettles, and torn by briars’. This gives the readers the effect that the convict is not in good health and his clothes are in bad condition.
Other examples of language techniques that Dickens uses are similes and metaphors. Quotes that show this are ‘low leaden line’ and also
‘Savage lair’ this gives the readers the idea that Dickens was building up to something because he uses words like, dead, buried, savage and lead.
This might have the effect that there is a sense of dramatic irony.
Because if Dickens was building up to something and the readers all ready have a faint idea of what is going to happen .