In the extract where Pip a boy from a very humble background meets Miss Havisham a rich but eccentric lady, Dickens wants the reader to feel sympathetic towards Pip. How does he make us feel this way?

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Question 1: In the extract where Pip a boy from a very humble background meets Miss Havisham a rich but eccentric lady, Dickens wants the reader to feel sympathetic towards Pip. How does he make us feel this way?

Extract two talks about Pip, an under privileged boy, who is referred to as a common labouring boy. He enters a large house, with large rooms, well-lighted wax candles, and all the jewels. This seems to leave Pip in awe because he comes from a lower class were such expensive material things are not at all common.

When Pip meets Miss Havisham, right away the difference in class can be noticed. There is a difference in the way in which they speak, and the manner in which they conduct themselves. Miss Havisham sounds educated and confident whereas Pip, who is not educated, feels very intimidated by Miss Havisham this makes the reader feel sympathy for Pip because he is coming from a poorer background.

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He feels intimidated by Miss Havisham, and her surrounding. He finds it very strange that she is wearing a bridal dress and so much jewellery.

Miss Havisham seems very surprised because what seems so normal to her is so new to Pip who seems to be appreciating everything in Miss Havishams household, referring to it as so new, so strange and fine. And yet to Miss Havisham everything appears old, because of her social class, because she has lived that life all her life.

At this point Mrs Havisham is too tired to play with Pip so she ...

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