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Dickens Draws From Personal Experiences When Writing His Novels. What Examples are Evident in 'Great Expectations' When writing his novels, Dickens often draws on personal experiences. 'Great Expectations', one of his later novels, is a prime example of this observation. For example, Dickens was a lonely child and like in many of his other male protagonists, Pip is an orphan. Charles Dickens' early life is comparable to Pip's, but it is to some extent contradictive. Born on the 7th of February 1812, in Portsmouth, his family moved to Chatham, in Kent when he was five and relocated to Camden Town in London when he was ten. These years seemed to be an idyllic time until his father was incarcerated at Marshalsea debtor's prison. By the time he was twelve, Dickens was working ten hour days in a boot blacking factory, earning six shillings a week pasting labels on the jars of...

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