Satire And Mr. Pumblechook
In one of his most famous novels, Great Expectations, Charles Dickens creates several character based on humor. However, Dickens' acerbic wit has a more serious agenda floating just below the surface of the text. In fact, Dickens' wonderfully ridiculous characters serve as metaphorical commentaries of life in England during the 19th century. One of these characters is Mr. Pumblechook, who embodies the obsessive yearn of individuals in Victorian England for social improvement. His numerous and comical encounters with the main character of the novel, Pip, are thought-provoking and induce the reader to ponder upon the snobbery, ambition, and hypocrisy present in an England where social status was more important than integrity.
When Pip is a child and a commoner, Mr. Pumblechook always prods him with condescending remarks and advice. During a Christmas dinner at the start of the novel, Mr. Pumblechook, who is Pip's bother-in-law's uncle, feels like and is treated as the owner of the......
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