Great Expectations
One of Charles Dickens' greatest novels, Great Expectations, describes a lower class boy becoming a gentleman. Three different places played important roles in Pip's life. Pip lost his parents when he was young and lived with his older sister in a marsh area. His sister was about twenty years older than he, so she was able to take care of him. Then he went to Miss Havisham's house, which was called Satis House. He wanted to become a rich man because of his experiences at Satis House. One day, an unknown benefactor gave him money and told him to go to London to become a gentleman, so he went to London. Pip learned and changed a lot from his experiences in the three places. However, Dickens is not only trying to show changes in Pip's character, but also trying to express the mutual relationship between humans and the effect of the surrounding environments.
Pip was an innocent boy who would not do anything wrong, but the environment and the circumstances around Pip made him......
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