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CHARLES DICKEN'S "GREAT EXPECTATIONS"
THIS IS FROM GRADE 12 ENGLISH.
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“GREAT EXPECTATIONS”The novel “Great Expectations” is considered to be one of Charles Dickens best novels and is
considered a classic today. “ Great Expectations” is the story of Pip an orphan boy who lives
with his sister and brother in law. Pip is an ambitious young individual who falls in love with a
girl named Estella and thinks the only way to acquire Estella’s love is by becoming well
educated. Pip gets money by an anonymous benefactor named Magwitch and goes to London for
education. It was afterward that he found out that his benefactor is a criminal. This could damage
Pip’s social image within society. Pip and Magwitch decide to leave London but are caught by
the police. Magwitch is jailed and dies awaiting execution. While Pip was arrested for his debts
but could not be jailed due to his health. However, his brother in law joe pays off all his debts
and Pip starts working in Cairo at a firm. After more than 10 years. Pip returns to England and
visits Estella who is widowed. Pip holds Estella’s hand hoping they will live a happy life
together. After reading the review of the novel “Great Expectations” provided by “The
Guardian” gave me an insight into the novel and the author. As the review says, “It is a world of
hints and glimpses”. This gives me an urge to read this novel as suspense is one of the main
genres in books and movies that I prefer. It gives you a sense of feeling that you can predict the
ending but the truth is that the ending is unpredictable in most cases. Another reason why I chose
Charles Dickens “Great Expectations” is because it is said in the review that it is a very popular
novel. So, I want to find out by reading the novel that why is it so popular. Is it because of the
author? Or is there something else within this piece of work that is elegant and attractive that
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