Comparing the depiction of Men throughout Charles Dickens “Great Expectations” with Laurie Lee’s “Cider with Rosie”.
Comparing the depiction of Men throughout Charles Dickens "Great Expectations" with Laurie Lee's "Cider with Rosie". "Great Expectations" is a pre twentieth century book with "Cider with Rosie" is a twentieth century book. "Great Expectations" is about a boy "Pip" which the book revolves around his life from a young child in the marshy land of Kent to a grown man where he meets Estella the love of his life, which he has not seen for years. This book has a storyline which has leaves you in suspense at the end of chapters. An example of this is at the end of chapter 0ne on page 5, "I looked round for the horrible young man, and I could see no signs of him. But, now I was frightened again, and I ran home without stopping." This leaves suspense and you want to read on. Where as "Cider with Rosie" follows all the happenings of a young boy, Laurie Lee. Really it is a autobiography of Laurie Lee till he is about 14, 15 years of age. Cider with Rosie is a very descriptive book, which will describe things in great detail and in big long lists of running commentary. An example of this great description is on page 11 chapter one "I crawled about among the ornaments on the unfamiliar floor-the glass fishes, china dogs, shepherdesses, bronze horsemen, stopped clocks, barometers, and photographs of bearded men." In "Great Expectations" the main Men I am going to look at are Mr Joe,
Comparing the Whole Town's Sleeping With a Terribly Strange Bed
Comparing the Whole Towns Sleeping With a Terribly Strange Bed In both stories the setting is used as a powerful technique for creating tension. In the Whole Towns Sleeping the town is described as being "a little town, far away from everything," "Separated from the rest of the world." The town is also described as having "half empty streets," this suggests that people are scared of something or someone, as there are not many people on the streets. The Ravine is described as being "black," and having "secret odours of a rank greenhouse." This suggests that there have been deaths in the area and the bodies are rotting and creating the odours of a rank greenhouse. Both stories use suspense. In the Whole Towns Sleeping suspense is used often when Lavinia is walking home and she hears a man singing and thinks it is the Lonely One "she heard a man singing far away," then further on she says "and that's who it was of course Officer Kennedy." This suggests she did not know who it was but was relieved when it was Officer Kennedy. In a Terribly Strange Bed suspense is used when the narrator is being attacked by the bed, you never know what is going to happen, whether he is going to wake up and it be a dream or it actually kill him. When comparing the Whole Towns Sleeping with a Terribly Strange Bed the gaming house is described as being a place where blackguards and the
Description of Graveyard in Great Expectations
The graveyard scene is the opening chapter of great expectations. It is shown as a dark and quite dreary place. This is where Pip's mother, father and brothers were buried but it seems quite empty and deserted, as if it has been forgotten about. Firstly, the graveyard is shown as a "bleak place". This shows this was a depressing place to be in. it also makes the graveyard sound as if it is empty and quite dark, and avoided by as many people as possible. It also sounds as if the graveyard was separated from the rest of the village. The graveyard was also "overgrown with nettles" which definitely sounds like it has been abandoned and forgotten about by everyone, except Pip. There is also an air of neglect about it as no one had bothered to get rid of the nettles and it was now disused. There is also a lot of description referring to the marshland surrounding the churchyard. The marshes are referred to the "dark flat wilderness". This shows that the churchyard was on the edge of a wild place and only a low wall separates the two. It is as if the marshes are being kept back by the churchyard wall. The emphasis on the graveyard as a dreary place is continued throughout the chapter. This is a very effective way to open the chapter as it shows where Pip's family are buried and his background. It also sets the scene for Magwitch's arrival later on in the chapter. It does this by
Comparison between Three pre 1914 Short Stories; The hand - Guy De Maupassant, The signalman - Charles Dickens, and The red room - H.G Wells.
David R Barnard Comparison between Three pre 1914 Short Stories. The hand - Guy De Maupassant The signalman - Charles Dickens The red room - H.G Wells In The Hand, the action is started by way of the townspeople listening to Judge Bermutier. He then mentions that he once dealt with a case that was unexplained and had to be dropped from investigation. Some women ask him to tell the story of this case and so he proceeds in telling the story. He starts by telling the people that he used to be judge at a mountain town called Ajaccio. He says that most of the cases involved vendettas and heroism. He tells of how one day he learned of an Englishman who had moved into a little villa on the bay. This Englishman had engaged his servant in Marseilles. This man was a very alone person and went rifle practicing every morning as well as a morning walk. He had legends made of him, and his name was Sir John Rowell, The Judge watched him as he could do nothing else. The Judge met with the man a fair few times and then proceeded to getting to know him and then paid him a visit where he was invited into his house. The Englishman informs the Judge that he has travelled around quite a lot to many places including parts of Africa and America. The Judge asks him about what he has hunted, he informs him that he has done some 'Man-hunting'. He then started to talk of weapons, showing the
Describe Pip’s encounters with Miss Havisham and Estella, and show how the meetings affect his character and his relationships.
Describe Pip's encounters with Miss Havisham and Estella, and show how the meetings affect his character and his relationships. Puneet Khandelwal At the start of the novel, Pip is an innocent boy who has been brought up to respect his elders and betters. He is a kind-hearted child as is seen in the episode in which he brings the convict the file and the food. He is also rather gullible and really believes that a terrible man will tear his liver out while he sleeps unless he does as he has been told. This gullibility can be seen again when he visits Miss Havisham's house, for the first time, and is taken in by the charms of Estella. Pip first meets Miss Havisham when he goes to Satis House, to play. He sees her sitting in the candle lit room in her wedding dress and jewelry, sitting next to her dressing table. His first impression of her was that "she was the strangest lady I have ever seen, or shall ever see." He is shocked by what he sees and thinks of her as a "ghastly waxwork." He was "half afraid" and in an "uncomfortable state," during this meeting. Pip is told to play, by Miss Havisham, but Pip finds this rather difficult in the gloomy surroundings. Estella is sent for to play with Pip. Estella plays a game of cards with Pip, and during this she humiliates him. Estella insults Pip by calling him "a boy" when in actual fact they are both the same ages. Estella does
In what way does Charles Dickens win the sympathy of his readers for the children in his novels?
6/2/2002 GCSE Coursework "The novels of Charles Dickens often show children as victims of uncaring, unsympathetic and often brutal adults who are charged with their upbringing and education In what way does Charles Dickens win the sympathy of his readers for the children in his novels?" A man born in the Victorian era in a working class family and environment, who had to work himself up from a working class child to a well-known figure that he is today. A man that is seen as a literary supreme, he is the senior of all the literary writers of his age. The period and circumstances have lead to the man being seen as a intelligent and unusual man in the field of literary work. Charles Dickens shows his uncanny way of making people feel sorry (feel sympathy) for a group or section of a population. For example his usage of words in the way he uses them. "They were very long, very numerous, very hard- perfect unintelligible" This is from the Charles Dickens book David Copperfield and it is being read by David about the work that Miss Murdstone had been giving him. The quote is quite complicated but uses 3 various sections all showing how much David Copperfield dreaded the lessons that Miss Murdstone gave him. In Charles Dickens work it is usually the children who gain sympathy. Charles Dickens does this in quite a few ways. Through exaggeration of a characters description.
How does Dickens create atmosphere and suspense in the opening chapter of his novel, 'Great Expectations'?
Great Expectations Coursework - Prose study How does Dickens create atmosphere and suspense in the opening chapter of his novel, 'Great Expectations'? Recently we have been studying Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. It was written between 1860 and 1861 and was released as a periodical. One section was release about every fortnight. The time era in which it was written explains the "old-fashioned" language used, i.e. "My first fancies regarding what they were like..." The opening chapter of Great Expectations is very important as it is in all novels. This is because the author needs to draw in the reader and it also sets up the rest of the story. It tries to draw in the reader so they will not get bored and want to keep reading the novel. The opening chapter of Great Expectations is full of atmosphere. Dickens has created a very intimidating atmosphere. He has created this atmosphere mostly from having Pip, (the main character, also the retrospective narrator) in a graveyard in which his mother, father and all his brothers and sisters are buried. On way this makes the reader feel sorry for Pip as they may think he is all alone in the world. Another way is when Dickens describes him as "the small bundle of shivers, growing afraid of it all". This makes the reader feel sympathetic towards Pip's predicament in life. The first chapter is also full of suspense. It is
How does Dickens create sympathy for Pip in this novel? The novel Great Expectations is about a young orphan called Pip. The poor orphan
GREAT EXPECTATIONS How does Dickens create sympathy for Pip in this novel? The novel Great Expectations is about a young orphan called Pip. The poor orphan lives with his sister and her husband the blacksmith. As a child he meets an escaped convict, a strange old lady Miss Havisham and her adopted daughter Estella with whom he later falls in love with. An anonymous person allows pip with their fortune to be educated as a gentleman in London. He soon discovers the kindness and generosity was from the convict he had previously helped as a young child. This news destroys his hopes of happiness with Estella, but will luck change as he finds out more? In chapter 1 Pip talks to us briefly about himself. In a graveyard Pip happens to meet a convict who doesn't seem to come to be a nice character at the beginning. He asks for pips help, as he is weak and hungry. He threatens Pip to get him whittles and a file. Brave Pip wanted to stick to his word and so he took them to the convict the next day. From that day on Pip never spoke about him to anyone. This took courage, as he knew he was in the wrong. This reminded Dickens of his father so he was trying to show the Victorian audience how badly the convicts were treated. The first way Dickens creates sympathy for Pip in this chapter and indeed the whole novel is through the use of narration. In the novel, Pip is writing in first
How Does Dickens Portray Scrooge in the Beginning of "A Christmas Carol"?
How Does Dickens Portray Scrooge in the Beginning of "A Christmas Carol"? In this essay I am going to describe how Scrooge has been portrayed by Dickens in Stave One of "A Christmas Carol". I will be exploring Dickens' use of language to create Scrooge's miserable and mean character and the effects of this. I will also explore how the reader sees Scrooge from the point of view of other characters in the first stave and how Dickens' treatment of Scrooge shows us aspects of other characters in this novel. Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812 and died in 1870 before finishing his final novel. He had a large family and many friends. The novels he wrote were Oliver Twist (1837-1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-1839), A Christmas Carol (1843), The Chimes (1844), Bleak House (1852) and Hard Times (1854), as well as various other books. Many of his novels were first sold as serialisations, which means that there are cliff-hangers at the end of each chapter so readers would look forward to and buy the next instalment. A lot of his work was not only entertainment but aimed to give a voice to the poor and act as a critic of Victorian society. When Charles Dickens was twelve his father was imprisoned for debt. His later work was inspired by this humiliating experience and he felt a moral obligation to tell readers about the actual conditions of the poor and make them feel how bad
English/English Literature Coursework Joint Folder
English/English Literature Coursework Joint Folder Wide Reading Assignment: 9th Century Prose: "Hard Times" (Charles Dickens) 20th Century Prose: "Nice work" (David Lodge) Compare and Contrast Dickens's picture of Coketown with Lodge's introduction to the industrial environment in his novel. ----"Fact, fact, fact, everywhere in the material aspect of the town; fact, fact, fact everywhere in the immaterial." - Charles Dickens In the early 1851, London staged the Great Exhibition to show the world, the achievements and inventions of the Industrial Revolution. Many people believed that this showed how much better, safer and healthier Britain was than its neighbours in Europe. People living in mansions amid lawns and fountains, with horse drawn carriages certainly felt that life couldn't be better. However behind the publicity and the royal occasions there was another England, not so glorious. Benjamin Disraeli wrote that Britain was really "two nations", Dickens wanted to show his readers what was behind the glittering façade of Victorian industry. He wanted to show his readers the factual monotony behind the sulky blotch towns of industrial Britain. As the essay title suggests, both Lodge and Dickens have portrayed their format of an industrial landscape. Both authors' coddle in a crestfallen environment of the industrial world: one at the height of a revolution, the
