Great Expectations Dialectical Journal Essay

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Sruti Tata Per. 4 Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Summer Dialectical Journal Stage One Quotes Commentary 1. “A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied around his head. A man who had been soaked in water, and smothered in mud, and lamed by stones, and cut by flints, and stung by nettles, and torn by briars…” (Ch. 1, 2) 1. This passage really jumped out at me. It is just at the introduction of the story, so the characters are just being introduced. I found this passage compelling because of the repetition. The constant usage of “a man”, the word “and”, and the amount of adjective describing this man. The amount of effort Dickens puts into describing this man must indicate that he will be important to Pip…show more content…
“ ‘Why don’t you cry, you little wretch?’ [said Estella] ‘Because I’ll never cry for you again,’ said I” (Ch. 11, 81). 8. This passage really touched me because I have personally felt like this before and I am sure a lot of people have. It is the gut-wrenching feeling of heartbreak. Estella is the kind of person who doesn’t care about Pip’s feelings. This shows that true love can be very painful. It can make you regret even falling for that person in the first place. If Pip is feeling that strongly that he doesn’t even want to cry over her anymore, it means that he has suffered enough over Estella and all that she had put him…show more content…
“ ‘Which she received,’ I struck in, ‘when she was dressing for her marriage? At twenty minutes to nine?’”(Ch. 22, 180). 12. Miss Havisham is starting to break out of her “crazy” shell. Her character is making more sense now. This passage is showing her vulnerability. She stopped everything to remember the time when her marriage was put off. It shows that even the most animated of people can have a dark side and emotions. 13. “‘You said just now that Estella was not related to Miss Havisham, but adopted. When adopted?’” (Ch. 22, 180). 13. This makes me wonder about Estella’s parents. Right now, from this passage, I can only assume that she is adopted just like Pip. This draws another similarity between the two. 14. “” ‘I always take ‘em. They’re curiosities. And they’re property. They may not be worth much, but after all, they’re property and portable” (Ch. 24, 200). 14. Wemmick’s tactics to this are very clever. He realizes that the little trinkets are not worth much but they can mean a lot. It shows that he knew how to spend his money in that time. It also shows the difference between a rich person and a person who doesn’t have that much money in the ways that they spend their money on different
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