Consider Pip's Depiction of London as He arrives in the City at the Start of Volume II of Great Expectations.

... Wednesday 20/3/02 Consider Pip's Depiction of London as He arrives in the City at the Start of Volume II of Great Expectations As one can see from reading this extract, Dickens endeavours to depict London in a negative light. His use of language portrays London as a dirty and foul place. Dickens uses the narrator, Pip, to speak in two voices: there is young and naïve Pip i.e. when he first arrives in London; and mature Pip i.e. when he's narrating the story afterwards. The ironic tone and detailed alliteration enables the extract to be humorous and entertaining, whilst at the same time creating a serious effect. One of Pip's first impressions of London was that it was "ugly, crooked, narrow and dirty". He knew that London was the place to be for gentleman, for Victorian London was known to be the most spectacular city in the world, so he was shocked to

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