How does Dickens use Pips relationship with Magwitch to interest the
reader?
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The novel called ‘Great Expectations’ written by Charles Dickens, uses
a very unique relationship between two characters to form the main
‘stem’ of the book.
Pip’s relationship with Abel Magwitch is extremely interesting because
it is so significant. It is at the heart of the book mainly for the
reason that it is the closest and deepest relationship between any two
characters in the whole novel. This forms a relevance to the title of
‘Great Expectations.’
After meeting with Pip for the first time, Magwitch begins to desire
many expectations for Pip. Pip receives money from an anonymous person
and goes to London to become a gentleman. This causes irony because
Pip thinks that the money comes from Miss Havisham when in fact it
comes from Magwitch. He wants Pip to live how he couldn’t live. These
expectations often came in the way of his duty, leaving him in a
position in which he has to choose between his family and his life in
London.
Throughout the novel both Pip and Magwitch misunderstand the meaning
of the term ‘gentleman.’ Towards the end of the novel Pip learns that
he should value generosity and also realizes that relationships are
most important.
There is a very common theme in this novel which is similar to many
other books in Victorian Times. It is about a central character
growing up and developing, written in first person. The novel portrays
the emotional and mental growth of the character whilst the reader
sympathises with the narrators of the stories. Dickens had already
written ‘David Copperfield’ and ‘Oliver Twist’ in this way.
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...s we form with others and
people’s true nature.
The moments and scenes involving Pip and Magwitch which stand out most
in my mind are all in chapter 3. I assume that this is because I can
clearly remember how frightened Pip was when he first heard about the
other convict and when he told Magwitch that he had seen the convict,
I could picture the disbelief on Magwitch’s face. Dickens created a
lot of suspense and interest at this point and I think that is the
main reason why that chapter appealed to me more than the others.
Other than this I can also clearly recall the last few paragraphs of
chapter 56 when Pip attested his true nature. Despite the fact that
Estelle took advantage of Pips companionship, he still briefly
informed Magwitch of the pleasant virtues in her. By doing this he
helped Magwitch to die ‘peacefully’ without any adverse emotions.
One of the scenes that mark how the narrative is important to the entire story, is at
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