Charles Dickens’ Personal Experiences In Great Expectations
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Many novels are based on the author’s life. Some of the novel’s were influenced by the author’s life. Often in cases like these, one author may write many novels with a similar theme, plot, setting, or characters. This is true in Great Expectations. Charles Dickens drew on his personal exper ....
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.... is also true in Pip’s case because he was Joe’s apprentice. Pip’s situation as an orphan was a little bit more complex than Dickens. Pip’s caretaker becomes delirious and then dies. I think that these events show a sense of independence in both of them. They started to take care of themselves when they were teenagers. That gave them a few good qualities such as being strong and independent.
They have another similarity dealing with women. Pip loves Estella, but she does not love him ba ....
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