Imagery of Dickens
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Charles Dickens' classic tale, Great Expectations, is the story of a poor boy, Pip and his adventures into the realms of upper class when an act of kindness to a convict brings him immense amounts of wealth. Although Pip learns many things from his boost in social class, he fails to learn to curb his obsessive love with Estella, the "puppet" ward of a shrewd woman seeking revenge on men for being abandoned at the alter. However, Pip does learn the valuable lesson that wealth and class are not as important as loyalty, family, and affection. Dickens shows us that social class does not necessarily equal someone's personality, that lower class people can be good, and that upper class people can be horrible. To better convey this message, Dickens uses his powerful imagery, in order to create a more vivid image in the reader's mind of what Pip is experiencing.
When Pip lives with his sister and her husband (Joe), he is given the chance to attend the Satis house. There, he first encounters the owner, Ms. Havisham, a crazy, delusional old woman who is raising her ward, Estella, to be her tool for revenge on men. Ms. Havishman, having been abandoned right before being married, went insane...