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by Charles Dickens

"The name is Great Expectations. I think a good name?" Dickens to his editor before he started publishing the novel.

When Dickens started his thirteenth novel , Great Expectations, in 1860, he was already a national hero. He had come from humble beginnings, working as a child in a shoe polish factory…

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what career ambitions does Joe have for pip?
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Is compeyson still alive
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whom does estella warn pip about?
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how does pip's convict feel about the other convict?
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What does Orlick feel about Pip ?
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When is my birthday?
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how do you feel about what happens to pip at the end of chapter 19? do you think he will regret making this life change? why or why not?
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comment on various letters and their purposes in great expectation by dicken
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who was the lady murdered by molly in great expectations?
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give the way dickens portrays estella,what do you think attracts pip to her?
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what were the two counvicts doing when the soldiers found them
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in chapter 32-37 what is the most important event. Explain why you think it is important and how it may affect Pip in the future
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How is Wimmick a rounded character?
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Based on Estella's Behavior, explain whether it is possible for her to reciprocate Pip's feelings?
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Who does pip stumble over in the stairway
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What does Wemmick have a unique ability to do? How does Wemmick's approach to both his home life and his professional life compare with pip's response to his home life and to Satis House, Miss Havisham's home, where he once worked?
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For each character, define them as one dimensional character or three dimensional
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how does Herbert feel about his lot in life?
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Explain how Pip's feeling toward leaving his old way of life behind change throughtout chapters 18 and 19
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how do you think biddy feels about pip?
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how do you think biddy feels about pip? how do you think she feels when he talks in the manner he does aboyt a possible relationship between the two of them and about his future? what do you think of biddy as a character? what do pip's interactions with b
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how do you think biddy feels about pip? how do you think she feels when he talks in the manner he does aboyt a possible relationship between the two of them and about his future? what do you think of biddy as a character? what do pip's interactions with b
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what are the results of Mr.Wopsle's dramatic reading?
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How does Dickens characterize Pip?
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Describe how Joe acts during the meeting and give reasons why.
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