Great Expectations 2
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Before Charles Dickens story of Great Expectations begins, Pip’s parents and brothers are killed. Pip’s sister, his only living relative, becomes his guardian, and she marries the blacksmith Joe Gargery. Joe and Pip form a very close relationship. However, neither Joe nor Pip embrace a father-son relationship. Since Joe and P ....
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.... young fellow,” he continues, without a breath, and asks if Joe would like compensation. By not stopping to ask if Pip’s removal would be permissible, Jaggers assumes, and correctly, that it would not be a problem. Joe does not interrupt Jaggers to say that it would be a problem, and, in doing so, gives pip away without a thought. Would a father give away his son, even if it was to the son’s benefit, without a thought? The reas ....
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Number of words: 1268
Number of pages: 5 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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