Monday, January 27, 2014

LIT ANALYSIS - GREAT EXPECTATIONS

1.  Great expectations is about Pips great expectations he has for his life. When Pip is young he meets Estella who he falls in love with. Pip is left a great deal of money which he thinks is left by Estella's mother so that he can provide a good life for her but he later realizes it was not. Pip then moves to London and money changes Pip into a more materialistic man. When Pip realizes that the money was left not so the him and Estella could be together he changes himself back into a more humble man. He then realizes that Estella will always be apart of his life as one of his "great expectations".
2. The theme of this novel is to not let money change you. When Pip inherits money he changes into a gready person but when he realizes that money cant buy happinous he becomes more humble again.
3. Dickens mood of the book is a mix of comedy and tragity.
4. 1. Characterization- Pip is main character who has many life changes.
    2. Setting - London and a village where he grew up.
    3. Genre - novel
    4. Dialogue - "yes Pip," said Joe.
    5. hyperbole - I sometimes used to wonder whether it was possible she washed herself with a nutmeg-grater instead of soap.
    6. motif - to be with Estella.
    7. characterization - Estella is girl Pip wants to be with.
    8. narrator - is Pip.
    9. point of view - first person.
    10. antagonist - Estella.

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