Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1. Elements

   • Plot
     • Beginning
       • Pip is an orphaned boy who lives with his sister and her husband who is a blacksmith Joe Gragery. One day while Pip was behind the church, he encounters an inmate who has escaped from prison, this man threatens Pip and tells him that he has to bring food and some papers from Joe's house to which Pip accesses.
     • Conflict
       • One day Joe's uncle offers Pip a great opportunity at Mrs. Havisham's house. Where Pip eventually goes to work but lies about his work to his sister and Joe because what he really does is play with Mrs. Havisham's adopted daughter, Estella. Pip falls in love with Estella. However, she is a heartless person and always treats Pip badly by telling her things that make him feel bad.
     • Rising action
       • The years have passed, and Pip no longer works for Mrs. Havisham. On the other hand, he has become an apprentice to become a blacksmith like Joe. Although his dream really is to be a gentleman so he can live up to Estella.
     • Climax
       • While Pip was working with Joe, an elegant man, Mr. Jagger, arrives to tell him that he is on behalf of his benefactor, who will provide Pip with money and education to become a gentleman, but with the condition that he will move to London.
     • Falling action
       • Pip gets sick and during this time Joe takes care of him and pays him all his debts. At this moment he realizes that money cannot buy happiness and returns to his village. There, he learns that her friend Biddy and Joe have been married.
     • Resolution
       • Pip moves to Cairo and returns after 11 years to England where he learns that Estella's life has been difficult. And they end up being friends.
   • Mood
     • Fear
       • that people discover that Pip had helped the convict.
     • Curiosity
       • the secret benefactor
     • Frustration
       • Estella's bad attitude to Pip
     • Hope
       • The money to become a gentleman like Pip always wanted
   • Setting
     • This story takes place in a small marshes village north of Kent, where Pip grows up, and then in London when Pip moved there to become a gentleman.
   • Theme
     • As Pip grows up, he begins to understand that dreams, wealth and grand plans do not always bring happiness.
   • Point of View
     • First Person
       • Pip is the protagonist and the narrator of the story.
   • Narrator
     • Protagonist
       • Pip is who are telling the story.
   • Conflict
     • Pip has to decide between being loyal or rich. You must make important decisions in your life and make your priorities clear.
   • Characters
     • Protagonist
       • Pip
         • young orpahn boy
     • Antagonist
       • Estella
         • It's Pip's platonic love.
       • Miss Havisham
         • the old, wealthy, eccentric Pips neighbor.
       • Abel Magwitch
         • the convict
       • Joe Gargery
         • Pip’s brother-in-law
       • Herbert Pocket
         • Pale young gentleman
       • Mrs. Joe
         • Pip’s sister and Joe’s wife

2. Genres

   • Genre
     • Fiction
       • It doesn't tell a real history that happened to someone.
   • Subgenre
     • Realistic Fiction
       • It tells a story that has problems that happen in real life por example: a poor orphan child who is raised by his sister but at the same time she mistreats him a little

3. Literary Devices

   • Simile
     • In this example, the kiss is compared with receiving money. It is used "as" in order to compare.
       • Chapter 9 page 29
   • Personification
     • In this sentence, "hungry" is used to describe "his eyes" something that is not live and it is not human.
       • Chapter 3 page 5
   • Alliteration
     • In this paragraph, the phrase "love her" is repeted several times.
       • Chapter 16 page 59
   • Imagery
     • In this sentence, "room at the back of his shop" describe a scene of place that is possible to imagine.
       • Chapter 7 page 17
   • Euphemism
     • In this paragraph, "nasty old" is a more mild or indirect expression is used in place of other phrase that is considered harsh, blunt, vulgar, or unpleasant.
       • Chapter 8 page 23

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