What to Expect
- bilundungsroman: from adolescent to an adult growth
- information of the culture in which it was produced
- pschology
Pip Characteristics
- childhood fantasy: Pip expects something of his life of fantasy/ideals
- Pip is orphaned and strong sense of unwanted
- -trait to that of intelligence, grander goals
- -looks at the world of apprenticeship
- -aware of being persecuted/taken advantage of
- -no sense of normality/regularity
- -vulnerable to male adults as father figures
- -takes in those guy's personalities
Antagonist (sort of)
- Magwich - boogeyman in form of stranger
- implies selfishness, wickedness lack of manners
- a threat of abandonment
- association with one guy and not sticking to what he is; he might this guy
- Ms. Havisham - witch
- dual identity, having shame, ruse
- one side shining promise, other side gloomy
- sacrificed life for memorialized wedding
- at a loss
Pip's love and guidance to life/adulthood
- Pip meets Estella
- plays "Beggar your neighbor" game
- Havisham uses Estella to avenge the wedding ceremony
- Pip learns about her adulthood
- -not truthful/nondisclosure
- -insecure about what is going in his life
- -archetypical character mindset
Arrival at London
- Pip meets father characters: Joe and Jaggers
- in continuum
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