- Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. New York: Bantam Books, 1986.
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
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A. Because he knows the truth
Joe is well aware that Pip's treatment of him is inspired by ambition rather than love. Pip wants to get ahead... to be a gentleman.... Joe brings him down. It matters not that they are family, or that they care about...
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The convict, who'd escaped from the ship, was caught in the marshes while fighting with another convict. Both men were taken back to the prison ship.
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Great Expectations is really a coming of age story. It is essentially a bildungsroman where we watch Pip develop from boy to a man. As protagonist and narrator we see first hand how Pip changes. There are two Pips to observe through his journey....
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