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"Great Expectations" another question...?
The novel's main plot centers on which of the following?
A)Pip's fortunes and future
B)Pip's relationship with Miss Havisham
C)Pip's love for Estella
D)Pip's relationship with Joe
I think it's A, but again it could also be C because doesn't he do all of the things to be with Estella?
Philk CA. You seem to know Great Expectations very thoroughly, do you think you can help me out?
5 Answers
- bunstihlLv 62 decades agoFavorite Answer
A is the best choice, although C is also important to the story. The story would be meaningless without Estella. But if we consider everything from the beginning of the story (when Pip first encounters the escaped convict) to the end of the story (after the convict dies and Pip is at least reunited with Estella), everything is about how Pip's life changes because of his money. Think about the title of the novel--"Great Expectations." The expectations deal with the money (as Jaggers first informs Pip of his good fortune). You could argue that the title refers to Pip's expectation that he will get to marry Estella. I would, however, stick with A.
Source(s): <<< teaches English 9; it's part of our curriculum - philk_caLv 52 decades ago
It is A. The story is, after all, about Pip.
"The story is divided into three phases of Pip's life expectations.
In the first expectation, Pip lives a humble existence with his ill-tempered older sister and her strong but gentle husband, Joe. Pip is satisfied with this life and warm friends until he is hired by an embittered wealthy woman, Miss Havisham, as a sometime companion to her and her beautiful but haughty adopted daughter, Estella. From that time, Pip aspires to leave behind his simple life and be a gentleman.
The second stage of Pip's expectations sees Pip in London, learning the details of being a gentlemen, having tutors, fine clothing, and joining fine society. Whereas he always engaged in honest labour for what he had when he was younger, he now is supported by a generous allowance, which he frequently lives beyond.
The third and last stage of Pip's expectations changes Pip's life from the artificially supported world of his upper class strivings and introduces him to realities that he realizes he must deal with, facing moral, physical and financial challenges. He learns startling truths that cast into doubt the values that he once embraced so eagerly, and finds that he cannot regain many of the important things that he had cast aside so carelessly."
- 2 decades ago
It would be A. Granted, I never really got to finish the last few chapters, but if you took away Estella from the story, it would still nearly be the same. However, if you were to take away his proposed future and his inherited fortunes, you wouldn't have a story, now would you?
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- jessica_tx_21Lv 42 decades ago
Yeah I think A and C too. But more A because its sort of both.
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