Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Chapter one of the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a

very important chapter to the novel; it introduces the reader to the

novel. Charles Dickens uses a number of different methods and

techniques to do this.

At the beginning of the chapter Dickens introduces Pip, the main

character in the novel. The audience get to know a little about Pip's

background and his life, Dickens makes it evident right from the

beginning that this story is about Pip.

We notice that Dickens writes in the first person, he writes as if he

is Pip. We see the story through Pip's eyes, through the eyes of a

child because of this. By using this technique, Dickens makes us feel

like we are closer to Pip. It makes us feel as if we are actually in

the story and it makes us want to read on.

The setting of a graveyard on the marshes gives a feeling of death.

Pathetic fallacy is used. We learn that Pip is an orphan and it makes

us feel sad for him; it makes us care about him. The colours used to

describe the scene are monotone, blacks and greys. The lack of colour

seems to represent ...