Monday, February 28, 2011

Great Expectations - Question about a Passage

For Mrs. Gilman, thanks again for allowing me to post the blog late!

While reading Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens I've been filled with confusion throughout the book. So any guidance would be appreciated!

My questions are: Why is Pip referring to one of the convicts as his own? Is the author trying to convey some underlying message or even foreshadow things later to come? Also, of the two which is actually his own convict? Are there any distinctive traits between them?

This quote mostly refers to the first question: "... men went down into the ditch to help the sergeant and dragged out, separated, my convict and the other one..." p.34

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