November 2014 Literary Analysis of Great Exceptions by Charles Dickens Suffering, is to forgiveness as right is to wrong. Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations which was published by “All the Year Round” in 1860, lasting until 1861, because the print was shown to the public in weekly articles. Dickens is a master at playing with characterization, plot, and theme; using these elements to warp the way see the characters and how they work the story. Dickens used characterization in key characters
The novel Great Expectations’ protagonist Pip observes “In the little world in which children have their existence whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice. It may be only small injustice that the child can be exposed to; but the child is small, and its world is small, and its rocking-horse stands as many hands high, according to scale, as a big-boned Irish hunter” (Dickens 64). While injustice is not a clear-cut villain in most novels, the idea
Throughout Charles Dickens’ book Great Expectations, the multiple references and instances referring to the idea of being “common” versus being what Joe calls "uncommon" and what Pip perceives as gentlemanly serve to convey a clear theme -- one central to Pip's coming of age. In order to become a man, Pip must learn that being exceptional, worthy, and capable of genuine pride requires noble behavior, not high social status. The first glance at the book’s themes concerning being common appears