Hey! This essay is on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
Here’s the topic list:
1. Pip, the narrator, is critical of his own behavior throughout his life. In what way, if any, does Pip redeem himself at the end of the novel.
2. LOVE: choose a character and discuss that characters view of love; possibilities include Miss Havisham; Joe; Pip; Magwitch.
3. LOYALTY AND RESPONSIBILITY. Who displays true loyalty? What obligations do people owe to others? What ties of obligation are healthy? Which ones are damaging?
4. Discuss nature of family/friendships as relates to one or more characters.
5. Discuss imprisonment/paralysis and a character (for example, actual jail, imprisoning states of mind, limitations of class or education)
6. Compare and contrast one of the following pairs of characters: a. Magwitch and Miss Havisham b. Pip and Herbert c. Clara and Estella d. Estella and Pip
