ascinating themes "infatuation and how it compares to and relates to love". The last paragraph of the main part analyzes the main plot of this story Pip s Portrait in Great Expectation. conclusion of the course work sums up the reasons why I have chosen the Great Expectation by Charles Dickens not other writers or not other Dickens works.
Charles Dickens Life
Dickens (1812-1870) was a great English novelist and one of the most popular writers of all time. His best-know books include A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Great Epectations, Oliver Twist, The Pick-wick Papers, and a Tale of Two Cities. Dickens created some of the most famous characters in English literature. He also created scenecs and descriptions of places that have long delighted readers. Dickens was a keen observer of life and had a great understanding of humanity, especially of young people. He sympathized with the poor and helpless, and mocked and criticized the selfish, the greedily and the cruel.was also a wonderfully inventive comic artist. The warmth and humor of his personality appear in all his works. Perhaps in no other large body of fiction does the reader receive so strong and agreeable an impressions of the person behind the story. LifeJohn Huffam Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, on Feb 7 , 1812. He moved with his family to London when he was about two years old. Many of the events and people in Dickens books are based on events and people in his life. Dickens s father, John Dickens, was a poor and easygoing clerk who worked for the navy. John served in some respects as the model for Wilkins Micawber in David Copperfield. He spent time in prison for debt, an event that Charles re-created in Little Dorrit. Even when John was free, he lacked the money to support his family adequately. At the age of 12, Charles worked in a London factory pasting labels on bottles of shoe polish. He held the job only a few months, but the miser or that experience remained with him all his life.attended school off an on until he was 15, and then left for good. He enjoyed riding and was especially fond of adventure stories, fairy tales, and novels. He was influenced by such earlier English writers asn William Shakespeare, Tobias Smollet and Henry Fielding. However, most of the knowledge he later used as an author came from his observation of life around him.became a newspaper reporter in the late 1820 s. He specialized in covering debates in Parliament and also wrote feature articles. His work as a reporter sharpened his naturally keen ear for conversation and helped develop his skill in protracting h...
