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Dialectical Journal For Great Expectations

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Plot peak exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution exposition Pip is a seven year old orphan standing beside the graves of his parents and 5 siblings when a convict approaches Pip and scares Pip into helping him. (pages 1-5) It also lets us know that an older Pip is narrating the story("...though I was at that time undersized..." page 2) rising action Mrs. Joe, his older sister and caretaker, sends Pip to the Satis house where the rich Miss Havisham resides.(page 46) He meets and falls in love with Estella, who looks down upon him and his common ways.(page 54-57) Pip, ashamed of his background, wants to become a rich gentleman and win Estella's favor. (page 57) After …show more content…

(page 137-140) Then he moves to London and embraces wealth, racking up large debts. His first realization came after Mrs. Joe's funeral. Pip realized that Biddy had been nothing but gentle, truthful, and right. (page 266)
Pip's fairy tale like view on the upper class is shattered when Magwitch, a convict, declares that he's Pip'd benefactor. Pip can't believe that a low-class criminal had wealth rivaling that of a wealthy gentleman's. It's a wake up call for Pip. (page 294) Magwitch's death also brings out Pip's softer, more sentimental side as Pip learns to love a person for who they are now and not what their standing or past was. (page 428) Pip sells all his belongings to pay for his debts and starts anew as a humble clerk at Clarriker and Herbert's company. (page 446)
By the end of the novel, Pip's narrow view on society has broadened through his own experiences. He now knows the dangers and benefits of both money and love, ridding himself of unattainable ideals for both. He learns that social standing is not the most important thing in the world, and that one's honor and integrity are not tied to one's rank. Originally thinking that it was, Pip hurt the people most important to him. By coming into terms with these lessons learned, Pip marks the end of this bildungsroman. (page

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