Pip’s Shadow Parents Essay

He then takes smears pass, and causes him to be disorientated and feel very worn and vunerable. This is, again, like a metaphor for scalds whole realness being shaken up and turned on his head, and he has control, he is pushed out(p) of his comfort zone by this oddr, and so it creates a strange bond with him, because then Magwitch has total control over inject. Magwitch exerts his new inst each(prenominal) control over the boy to pressure him into stealing for him, and if clear up fails this, the destiny is death. The mention of death has a immense emotional impact on Pip.Magwitch also uses his look to striking effect to scare Pip, intensifying his inspect to pressure Pip flat more. monster focuses on the look and hands in Great Expectations because they show the methods, which Magwitch uses, and the look in Magwitchs eyes reveals a lot about his desperate attitude. The BBC dramatization of this echoes this, because the actor who plays Magwitch uses his eyes to great extent, looking Pip all over, checking him out, and the whole scene is reproducted even d own to the last detail. When Magwitch is led remote in Chapter 5, we dont hear much about him until his return in Chapter 39.What we find out is that Magwitch was taken to Australia by the dreaded hulks and worked in sheep farming, and this is the source of Magwitchs money, which he uses to fund Pips journey to London, and to become a gentleman. However, when Magwitch is away in Australia, he sends Pip money, in other words, he is Pips bene occurrenceor. We find out this in chapter 39. Dickens plays with the idea that Pip has no idea where all this mysterious money is coming from, and it is instead amusing. A huge sum of around five hundred pounds (a huge amount of money in the 19th century) arrives for him via Jaggers in Chapter 36.Pip is lighten confused and thinks that it is get off Havisham who sends him the money however, suffer Havisham denies this fact. Miss Havisham, whom Pip ear ly meets in Chapter 8, conveys herself as a mysterious character, who is sitting upon a great fortune, but who will not spend it. Miss Havisham, despite the fact she doesnt give Pip any money, still plays a study part in sending him to London. Miss Havisham acts as Pips shadow mother because she gives him advice like a mother would give to her own son.Frequent visits to Satis House build up the relationship between Miss Havisham and Pip, and in addition to this, Pip and Estella, since their first opposition, grow more unsubtle towards each other. Estella has treated Pip like dirt since their first meeting in Chapter 8. We know that there is a link between Compeyson and Pips shadow parents. Compeyson is Magwitchs arch enemy, since Compeyson split the beans and blamed all his misdemeanours on Magwich. Miss Havisham, as we discover in Chapter 42, reveals that Compeyson was the con-man who ruined Miss Havishams life by failing to show up at her wedding.The social class system in the mid-19th century was much stronger than it is today. in that respect was a more obvious divide between the rich and the poor. Nowadays, it is little bare. At the time Dickens is writing, it was easier to become a gentleman. onwards the novel, the only way you could become a gentleman was to be born(p) into a rich upper-class family, and brought up in decent surroundings. Pip was born in the working-class band and works his way to becoming a gentleman, aided along the way by Miss Havisham. Dickens writing style throughout the whole novel ends the novel on a cliff-hanger.The reason for this is because of the original format of the book. Great Expectations was published in a journal format (one chapter per journal) in a publication called every The Year Round from December 1, 1860 to August 3, 1861. The writing style is apparent throughout the whole novel. 1,207 words  English Coursework Mr Bacsich James Cull scallywag 1 08/05/2007 Show preview only The above preview is unf ormatted text This student written piece of work is one of many that erect be found in our GCSE Great Expectations section.