The class system destroyed any hope of a better life, and forced the lower class to remain in the control of the upper class. ... As a boy, Dickens was of low class. ... Therefore, once one would rise in the class system, they would become imbedded in that class. They would adapt to it, and take on the attitude of that class towards another class. ... To what extent can the ˜contrast between the jail and her' be said to derive from Pip's view of himself, the gulf between Estella and him? ...

• Word Count: 2674
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Dickens gives David an experience in all of the difficulties of the 1800's class system. ... His experience with this predicament actually derived from his school days, where he was caned. ... Traddles is used as an example of both child abuse and social class injustice. Many times in the book people of lower classes are judged and looked down upon. ... Murdstone also possesses this prejudice towards lower classes...

• Word Count: 1580
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

One theme of the book is about the realisation of class and how Pip became ashamed of his background and strove, through a mysterious donation of income, to improve himself. ... The realisation that Pip came to from his experiences were that the status and class he had strived for and admired were in fact full of corruption. ... "As I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness of either of them (for their days were long before the days of photographs), my first fancies regarding what they were like, were unreasonably derived from their tombstones". ...

• Word Count: 1797
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, the reader is taken through the journey of a little boy as he pursuits his dream and great expectations beyond his common self. Pip's, the protagonist, dream of becoming a gentleman is realized upon his meeting of Estella, the love of his life. Pip changes ...

• Word Count: 2287
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School