Popeye Commentary. This extract is a short passage from the book Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, this passage centres around Mr Pop Eye and the world around him in which he lives in. He is contrasted with his wife

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        This extract is a short passage from the book Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, this passage centres around Mr Pop Eye and the world around him in which he lives in. He is contrasted with his wife who seems to be the exact opposite of what he is, this is told through the eyes of an adult that has known the about Pop Eye ever since he was a teenager.

        Popeye is shown as a character that is different from the narrator and other people that live on the island. This is shown through the use of language by the narrator which gives the reader the feeling that the him and Popeye would both see each other very often yet would never greet each other. This would imply some sort of social barrier that exists between them which prevents the both of them from having a simple conversation with each other. “I thought he probably knew about his nickname but didn’t care.” This example shows the name calling that the author lays upon Pop Eye, this is a form of bullying that is shown further when the narrator explains that the reasoning behind the name Pop Eye is because of “His large eyes in his large head stuck out further than anyone else’s – like they wanted to leave the surface of his head.” This mocking of the protagonist by the narrator shows that they do not care about the feelings of the protagonist. The use of the nickname could also be because it allows the islanders to refer to him without having to use his real name which they probably do not know. This shows the amount of respect that is given to the Pop Eye by the other people on the island.

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        There is a stark contrast between Pop Eye and his wife; however both are stand up from the rest of the population. Mr Pop Eye is portrayed as a person that is enslaved by Mrs Pop Eye he is shown to be pulling “a piece of rope attached to a trolley on which Mrs Pop Eye stood.” This example is amongst many others that show the difference between Pop Eye and the person that seems to be his wife. Pop Eye wears the “same white linen suit every day”, and is extremely  skinny as he posses “bony knees”. While Mrs ...

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