how does it play a role in the book as a whole?? thank you!!
Dickens uses his setting to illustrate the differences between what Pip longs for and what he initially had. Throughout the novel, Pip wants to become a gentleman.... none-the-less, his journey takes him to settings that are far worse then those he leaves behind. Satis House is a symbol of decay, London is riddled with poverty and criminality, the inn in Pip's hometown is a palace compared to to his rooms at the Barnard Inn. Pip's "great expectations" aren't as great as he expected them to be....
