Thursday, March 10, 2011

Second Stage

There are many comparisons in the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. But, one of the main ideas has to do with the themes that come up within the characters. For example, when Pip describes Wemmick's mouth as a postal return. Pip also elaborates on this idea in the second stage by describing the fact that when Wemmick is at his home he does not seem as serious and postal-like but as they walked back to Jagger's office Wemmick got more and more serious as they went. Also, there are consistently new characters entering into the story. For example, when Uncle Pumblechook was a new character he brought to the reader's attention that not only Mrs. Joe treats Pip badly but the rest of the well known family friends and family (adults). now, Pip has made a change for the worst in the past few chapters. In the beginning of the story he was the innocent victim that had everyone against him. But, now that he has come into a generous amount of money everyone that ever treated him differently now acts as if he was always known and loved.

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