Great Expectations - Pip
- Created by: Jo Wells
- Created on: 02-04-13 19:17
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- Pip
- Narrator
- wiser
- looking back at younger self
- adult
- understands things better
- Younger (vol 1)
- becomes AMBITIOUS
- Satis house changes how pip sees himself
- he feels "much more ignorant"
- thinks his background/ origins make him "low-lived"
- Miss Havisham's wealth makes pip dissatisfied with what he has
- Estella's insults make him feel as though he's not good enough
- inferior
- Wants to improve himself
- Estella's insults make him feel as though he's not good enough
- inferior
- "I want to be a gentleman"
- Estella's insults make him feel as though he's not good enough
- Estella's insults make him feel as though he's not good enough
- positive in a way
- tries to educate himself
- becomes less likeable
- his need to escape his "common" background makes him critical of his friends & family
- seems ungrateful
- is "ashamed of home"
- is "disgusted" with his life
- becomes snobbish
- calls Joe "a mere blacksmith"
- wants him to be "worthier of my society"
- speaks to biddy in a "superior" voice
- accuses her of being "envious"
- calls Joe "a mere blacksmith"
- insensitive
- says to biddy - "if I could only get myself to fall in love with you"
- Satis house changes how pip sees himself
- INNOCENT & NAIVE
- has little experience outside of the forge & the village
- shown in his 1st visit to Satis house
- he feels "uncomfortable" and "half afraid"
- is easily upset by Estella's teasing
- shown in his 1st visit to Satis house
- has little experience outside of the forge & the village
- introduced as a sympathetic character
- Mrs Joe's treatment makes the reader feel sorry for pip
- pity
- story starts in graveyard - mother, father & siblings
- Mrs Joe's treatment makes the reader feel sorry for pip
- good-hearted
- INNOCENT & NAIVE
- has little experience outside of the forge & the village
- shown in his 1st visit to Satis house
- he feels "uncomfortable" and "half afraid"
- is easily upset by Estella's teasing
- shown in his 1st visit to Satis house
- has little experience outside of the forge & the village
- kind to Magwitch
- pities "his desolation"
- is "glad" he enjoyed the food
- INNOCENT & NAIVE
- becomes AMBITIOUS
- Mid (vol 2)
- London makes pip HARD-HEARTED and SELFISH
- when he moves he doesn't want to keep in touch with his family/friends
- although his dream was to become a gentleman, he isn't happy
- spends lots on superficial things - clothes etc
- but he's "more or less miserable"
- spends lots on superficial things - clothes etc
- joe's visit is awkward and difficult
- pip makes no effort to put joe at ease
- pip instead feels embarrassed and can't wait to get rid of him
- pip makes no effort to put joe at ease
- pip does still have some positive characteristics
- dickens shows he can be kind and generous
- he is a good-hearted person with flaws
- more realistic and relateable
- he is a good-hearted person with flaws
- gets on well with most of the people he meets in london
- e.g. herbert and wemmick
- often feels guilty - shows he has a strong conscience
- ignores this for most of the book, but does right thing in the end
- dickens shows he can be kind and generous
- London makes pip HARD-HEARTED and SELFISH
- Narrator
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