At times great expectations and hopes can lead to a person’s downfall, which is seen in Charles Dickens’ book Great Expectations. Charles Dickens was a journalist and author who wrote fiction based on his time period, the Victorian era, and used the money he made from his many writing jobs to pay off his family’s debt (Pearson). If you look at Dickens’ life, he seems to put a piece of himself in his character Pip from Great Expectations. Pip had money, but all of it came from the wrong people. This
emotions they want to create within the reader. In Great Expectations, the main character, Pip, is born into rather desperate circumstances. Charles Dickens uses oppressive settings to create a solemn mood within his readers that help them understand Pip's situation. Dickens' description of the graveyard presents a setting that is depressing and despairing, similar to Pip's life. The graveyard is "bleak and overgrown with nettles" (Dickens 1) and sets a somber mood that is continually experienced