Great Expectations by Charles Dickens A Presentation by

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens A Presentation by: Lulu Collins For: Mr. Donnie Bailey Honors English III Due: 18 May 2016

Charles Dickens Birth, family, and early life Poverty and time as a child laborer Transition into journalism Earliest novels and failure Success Social issues in literature Child labor, poverty, classism, London Later life and death NOTICE THE USE OF FRAGMENTS THROUGHOUT TO CREATE //

Great Expectations - Plot Introduction of Pip The thief Time with Joe and “Mrs. Joe” Treatment by family Move to London Mrs. Havisham and Estella Inheritance and wealth Struggle for acceptance Pip and Estella Revelations and dignity

Victorianism Classism – Definition Social classes and their characteristics Affluent Middleclass Impoverished Characteristics of Victorian society

Victorianism Classism – Examples The treatment of Pip by his sister Education in the novel Mrs. Havisham and Estella’s view of Pip The thief and his role Debt and wealth in the novel

Victorian Classism - Effect Pity for Pip and Joe A warped view of society Why is the “other” lesser? The importance of education Reevaluation of “roles” Who is good, bad? Self-doubt What am willing to do when impoverished and disenfranchised? NOTICE THE USE OF QUESTIONS TO CREATE //

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