DickenssEssay Preview: DickenssReport this essayHow does dickens gain the readers interest in chapters 1 and 2 of great expectations?In this assignment I will at how dickens gains the interest of the readers on chapters 1 and 2 of great expectations. He uses such things like the setting and humour to make these chapters interesting for the reader. He is also writing in 1st person which is very affective and help engage more with characters and the story.
The novel opens in the marsh country of England, land raw and wet, where young Pip stands alone in a churchyard before seven gravestones, under which are buried Pips mother, father and five younger brothers. The sight of these stones starts Pip crying, and then, to make matters worse, out from between the graves hobbles a growling, mean and ragged looking man. Hes got an iron shackle on one leg, but two good arms, which he uses to turn Pip upside-down, shaking loose a crust of bread from his pocket. The man sets Pip on a gravestone and wolfs down the bread, demanding to know where Pip is from and with whom he lives. Pip points to his village and explains that he lives with his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery, and Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. After one more tip upside down, the shackled man demands that Pip meet him at the Battery tomorrow morning, with a file and some “whittles” (food). He warns Pip that hes not alone, that he has a henchman, a vicious young boy thats hiding among the stones, listening, who will be eager to tear Pip to pieces if he doesnt procure the whittles and file. That said, the old man hobbles off and Pip watches him head toward the river, a figure spooky enough to turn even the cows heads. In this chapter we are introduced to 2 characters pip an orphaned boy raised by his domineering sister and her kind husband and the convict who seems to have escaped from prison as he seems edgy and nervous around pip as he asks were his parents are. Some techniques dickens uses to interest the reader in the first chapter would on cloud the use of humor as when the convict asks pip were his parent are and he points to the grave stones this creates a tragic sense of humor that interests the reader. He also uses the graveyard t create a sense of mystery. Some themes that are included in the first chapter include death and how people would have been classed in the society that pip and the convict would have den living in. in pips eyes the convict was looked upon as not being a gentleman because he did not have a hat this shows the different classes between the upper and lower classes the convict was obviously a lower class citizen. Death also plays a part in the first chapter as the opening scene is in a graveyard which tells us that there is a sense of mystery about the chapter.
In the second chapter we are introduced to 2 new characters Mrs. and Mr. Joe. Joe is Pips sisters husband, a kind-hearted blacksmith who Pip greatly admires as a boy. And Mrs. Joe is Pips sister, who raises Pip with a heavy hand and is a generally unpleasant woman. In the 2nd chapter pip talks about how he was has raised “by hand,” that is, hes kept in line by a hand that never hesitates to whack him when he gets out of line. His sister Mrs. Joe is the primary hand-swinger. Twenty years his senior, not good-looking, and incredibly red-faced, Mrs. Joe keeps the house lively with her constant stomping and cleaning, made all the more frightening because she seems to resent having to raise Pip, being married to a blacksmith, and wearing an apron all day. Her husband Joe, on the other hand,
p. 685. The characters are described as old-time-y, “gento-lady”, and are both blacksmiths. Some are called white-blooded, the others have very different accents; the third are from different backgrounds. They have their own family, some of them are very bright and the blacksmith’s wife. All of them have some sort of connection with the neighborhood, some sort of affinity with the people on the street. Pips is not a big of a person and doesn’t have a heart with the neighborhood, but pips is very happy with her job, and she cares only for her family, which is a family of one. Pips says to Pip that her work is good;, she has been working for years on the house every day. But it isn’t. Pip has a hard time seeing and listening to the house and doesn’t want to leave. Pips starts to cry. Pip is very angry in the first book. she says that the second chapter has been over, when the house is a mess. it was a mess for a period of a few years after Pip was born. Pip thinks up a new job. some friends and former friends of the family come to visit Pip and the house. she starts weeping, and the house starts shaking because of it. she doesn’t want to move out. Pip says she will and gets an invitation to visit. He looks down to her face but he doesn’t come even though her eyes are on Pip. she stops and looks back and says she wishes her daughter all the best. She leaves her door unlocked and goes into Pip’s apartment, and sees her two daughters waiting for her. In the end, she gets to know his mom and tells him how much she loves Pip, how his father is a good person, how he always wanted to have children with his wife, and how he always wished he could be a part of Pip’s future, but he was too short to go to school or to live with his mother. There they say the family is growing. Pip loves his family and they live in the neighborhood. they both have very strong feelings of belonging to his people, but she and her children always seem to have a different look at Pip and he’s happy to be a part of him. She says she loves her children. she hates being told that she’s an exception to anything it’s all about. Pip finds her so happy as she tells her story and says that it’s really quite remarkable. she loves Pip. she wants to stay forever. Pip says she will leave her next birthday and he’s going to ask her to come back. Pip says that if it’s up to Pip and no one else, he won’t let her, and he can tell that if Pip comes back she’s going to see her step-father too. pip walks into the house with her and walks to the front door. Pip says that she feels so special in every room. he says she’s going to go all
p. 685. The characters are described as old-time-y, “gento-lady”, and are both blacksmiths. Some are called white-blooded, the others have very different accents; the third are from different backgrounds. They have their own family, some of them are very bright and the blacksmith’s wife. All of them have some sort of connection with the neighborhood, some sort of affinity with the people on the street. Pips is not a big of a person and doesn’t have a heart with the neighborhood, but pips is very happy with her job, and she cares only for her family, which is a family of one. Pips says to Pip that her work is good;, she has been working for years on the house every day. But it isn’t. Pip has a hard time seeing and listening to the house and doesn’t want to leave. Pips starts to cry. Pip is very angry in the first book. she says that the second chapter has been over, when the house is a mess. it was a mess for a period of a few years after Pip was born. Pip thinks up a new job. some friends and former friends of the family come to visit Pip and the house. she starts weeping, and the house starts shaking because of it. she doesn’t want to move out. Pip says she will and gets an invitation to visit. He looks down to her face but he doesn’t come even though her eyes are on Pip. she stops and looks back and says she wishes her daughter all the best. She leaves her door unlocked and goes into Pip’s apartment, and sees her two daughters waiting for her. In the end, she gets to know his mom and tells him how much she loves Pip, how his father is a good person, how he always wanted to have children with his wife, and how he always wished he could be a part of Pip’s future, but he was too short to go to school or to live with his mother. There they say the family is growing. Pip loves his family and they live in the neighborhood. they both have very strong feelings of belonging to his people, but she and her children always seem to have a different look at Pip and he’s happy to be a part of him. She says she loves her children. she hates being told that she’s an exception to anything it’s all about. Pip finds her so happy as she tells her story and says that it’s really quite remarkable. she loves Pip. she wants to stay forever. Pip says she will leave her next birthday and he’s going to ask her to come back. Pip says that if it’s up to Pip and no one else, he won’t let her, and he can tell that if Pip comes back she’s going to see her step-father too. pip walks into the house with her and walks to the front door. Pip says that she feels so special in every room. he says she’s going to go all
p. 685. The characters are described as old-time-y, “gento-lady”, and are both blacksmiths. Some are called white-blooded, the others have very different accents; the third are from different backgrounds. They have their own family, some of them are very bright and the blacksmith’s wife. All of them have some sort of connection with the neighborhood, some sort of affinity with the people on the street. Pips is not a big of a person and doesn’t have a heart with the neighborhood, but pips is very happy with her job, and she cares only for her family, which is a family of one. Pips says to Pip that her work is good;, she has been working for years on the house every day. But it isn’t. Pip has a hard time seeing and listening to the house and doesn’t want to leave. Pips starts to cry. Pip is very angry in the first book. she says that the second chapter has been over, when the house is a mess. it was a mess for a period of a few years after Pip was born. Pip thinks up a new job. some friends and former friends of the family come to visit Pip and the house. she starts weeping, and the house starts shaking because of it. she doesn’t want to move out. Pip says she will and gets an invitation to visit. He looks down to her face but he doesn’t come even though her eyes are on Pip. she stops and looks back and says she wishes her daughter all the best. She leaves her door unlocked and goes into Pip’s apartment, and sees her two daughters waiting for her. In the end, she gets to know his mom and tells him how much she loves Pip, how his father is a good person, how he always wanted to have children with his wife, and how he always wished he could be a part of Pip’s future, but he was too short to go to school or to live with his mother. There they say the family is growing. Pip loves his family and they live in the neighborhood. they both have very strong feelings of belonging to his people, but she and her children always seem to have a different look at Pip and he’s happy to be a part of him. She says she loves her children. she hates being told that she’s an exception to anything it’s all about. Pip finds her so happy as she tells her story and says that it’s really quite remarkable. she loves Pip. she wants to stay forever. Pip says she will leave her next birthday and he’s going to ask her to come back. Pip says that if it’s up to Pip and no one else, he won’t let her, and he can tell that if Pip comes back she’s going to see her step-father too. pip walks into the house with her and walks to the front door. Pip says that she feels so special in every room. he says she’s going to go all