Crime In Charles Dickens Great Expectations

The crime rate in the world has increased exponentially over the years. As people know the victims are always sympathized, but it is truly the criminals who get the short end of the stick. In the novel, Great Expectations has many criminals. The criminals in the novel are very similar to the criminals in our everyday lives. Criminality can destroy our lives which are shown by Magwitch, Orlick, and Compeyson. Accordingly, criminality caused much strife in Magwitch’s life due to false accusations and horrible actions. For example, Dicken’s novel, Great Expectations, shows Magwitch as a criminal when he demands Pip get him “a file [...] and wittles” and if Pip refuses to get the items Magwitch threatened to tear out his heart and he would have it ‘ roasted, and ate” (Dickens 3). At this point, Magwitch had just escaped prison, and he is threatening to eat Pip because he is starving. Now, when Magwitch returns when Pip is older, he realizes that Magwitch “was sent for life. It’s death to

In the beginning, Orlick was believed to be a criminal at the start and was thought to have harmed Mrs. Joe, but with no proof, Pip hoped “to see [his] sister denounce him” (Dickens 96). Truthfully, Orlick admitted he had attacked Mrs. Joe later on and this was a start of his criminal career. Later on, the act of Pip stopping Orlick from being with a woman will anger him, but when Biddy tells Pip “Don’t let him come, I don’t like him” Pip quickly gets in the way (Dickens 102). Therefore, this act spikes Orlick’s temper and will eventually make him a “known” criminal. As time passed, Orlick continued his crime spree when he kidnapped Pip in anger and he plans “to have [Pip’s] life” because he believes Pip ruined his life (Dickens 333). Obviously, Pip was rescued and Orlick was arrested for his crimes. Finally, the life of crime Orlick committed himself to really messed up his