Great Expectations
What is our first impression of the narrator (pip)?
In the first couple chapters what is our impression of pip?
In the first couple chapters what is our impression of pip?
The first image we get of Pip is of a child standing in a graveyard crying. The narration is done by a grown Pip but we quickly get a glimpse into his childhood. There is a duality here that is important to note,
"Dickens uses this duality to great effect in the first chapter, where we are personally introduced to Pip as if we were in a pleasant conversation with him: "I give Pirrip as my father's family name..." Immediately after this, however, we are thrown into the point of view of a terrified young child being mauled by an escaped convict."
Pip seems like a reliable narrator. There is nothing yet to suggest that he is embellishing or manipulating us. He seems like a survivor and a realist who has endured hard times. He also seems likable.
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