Everyone can learn from their mistakes and everyone has a good and bad side.

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                                                                                  By Rob Vanderman

The circumstances when the two characters first meet are quite different. When we first meet Pip he is an innocent young boy. He is crying when he meets the convict. He is said to be a ‘small bundle of shivers’. This makes Pip appear small, weak, scared and lonely. But Abel Magwith is a dark and lonely person who is a dare devil and an escaped convict he is said to be a fearful man with a ’great iron on his leg’. The circumstances are different in chapter 39 than in chapter one. Pip is now a man and Abel Magwith is a lot different, when the two characters first meet, Abel is a fearful man and Pip is angel like, but now Abel is nicer, he is still a convict on the penalty of death, but is nicer towards Pip.

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  The setting in the first chapter is eerie and builds suspense. The writer says “the dark flat wilderness”, the fact that it is “dark” shows that the air is consumed by fear and unawareness. Also the word “wilderness” shows that the area was unsightly and not unmanaged plus it shows that the area would be scary and unknown to both Pip and to the reader. But in chapter 39 the setting is quiet and a lot brighter. The surroundings are lighter and the characters are happier. They also show a grave contrast of Pip as a boy to when ...

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