Great Expectations
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Great Expectations Coursework- Discuss how Dickens establishes the identity of young Pip in the first part of the novel. Great Expectations is a novel published in 1861 by Charles Dickens. The protagonist and narrator of the novel goes by the name of 'Pip'. Pip is a young 8 year old boy who strives to be educated to impress the girl he loves, Estella. Rated as a middle class boy life becomes a struggle for young Pip while meeting the wild range of characters which Charles Dickens creates. The story is told by Pip himself in an advanced manner telling us from the beginning that Pip achieves his goal to become a 'Gentleman'. We realise that the novel is a Bildungsroman since it has all the ingredients for it: Desire, poor social conditions, love, education, ancestry and although the book was written by Charles Dickens it is expressed through the eyes of...

