Literature Essays

“Great Expectations” was written by Charles Dickens, Ostensibly it is a story of an adult reminiscing about his childhood and his journey through life, however the connotations are evident. Dickens was in essence a child brought up in poverty and he wanted to convey the message that regardless of wealth …

After reading the compelling ‘Great Expectations’ by the famous writer Charles Dickens, I can gather that it is based upon his own psychological insight to life. He makes connections in relation to a specific character or event in the storyline, which were critical in his own expectations. Also Dickens moulds …

Charles Dickens published Great Expectations chapter by chapter. This meant that Dickens had to intrigue, amuse and almost addict the audience in order for the novel to continue selling. He ensured this happened by ending each chapter on a ‘cliff-hanger’. This is evident in the first chapter where we see …

Although written almost 100 years apart there are several similarities between the two books in the way which childhood is portrayed there are, however, many major differences as well. To kill a mocking-bird is based in the 1940s in a town called Maycomb, situated in Alabama. The story is set …

“Great Expectations”, written between December 1860 and August 1861 by Charles Dickens; it was Dickens’ thirteenth novel. Dickens had been a well-recognised figure within the literary world for the good part of twenty five years. He was seen as an author who helped shape literature of the age. His vivid …

Charles Dickens was one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century. He wrote all his books to educate people but also for entertainment. He published Great Expectations in 1861; the book was set in the 1830s. The main character in ‘Great Expectations’ is a boy called Pip. In the …

At first, Dickens has started “Great Expectations” as a little entertaining short story. Quoting Dickens himself from an accompanying note to the first instalment “I have made the opening, I hope, in its general effect exceedingly droll. I have put a child & a good – natured foolish man, in …

Through the characters Dickens has created in “Great Expectations” he paints a picture to show us the way in which people’s actions are influenced wholly by those they come into contact with throughout their lives. In “Great Expectations”, which follows the dreams and aspirations of a young, innocent boy through …

The novel was set in the 1830’s, when society was very different to how it is now. The role of the upper and lower class women was completely different. If you were a lower class women you were expected to work hard, and be submissive towards the upper classes. They …

Lord of the Flies written by William Golding and published in 1954 is written in modern society, during the time of the cold war conflict, whereas Great Expectations was written in 1861, during the Victorian era. The differences in style in which the books are written are immediately obvious to …