... and loved him. He became arrogant and patronizing and mistreated those he should have valued. Through this process Pip becomes lonely and corrupted. The irony of the story is that the very ones who he had looked upon as being far too inferior of him were the ones who had cared for him the most - ... flints, and stung by nettles, and torn by briars; who limped, and shivered, and glared and growled; whose teeth chattered in his head as he seized me by the chin". The convict has escaped and is desperate for food and for something that can free him from the iron on his leg. He has stumbled ...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... . However at the end of the first two books of the novel he has moments of deep recrimination. If I had cried before, I should have had Joe with me then. (Chapter 19, page 178) and my own worthless conduct to them was greater than every consideration I could never, never, never, undo what I had done." ... look upon himself poorly and this experience triggers his dissatisfaction with what he later realises to be a near perfect existence. Great Expectations is a coming of age story. The narrative follows Pips moral development from a young boy to a young man. We see how his encounters with ...

• Word Count: 2210
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School