Great Expectations takes place during the 1800’s in England. Since it is unlikely that I would be in the upper class, as it was made up of a very small majority during that time, I would not wish to live there during this time period. To begin with, children rarely received an education if they were in the lower class, especially girls. Instead, they usually worked: either in the home or at the job. I don't find this appealing. This is shown through Joe’s lack of education as well as Pip’s until a later age. Additionally, cities were overpopulated, dirty, and noisy. Pip describes this in chapter 20 when he said, “...while I was scared of the immensity of London, I think I might have had some faint doubts whether it was not rather ugly, crooked,