Great Expectations

Write a close analysis of chapter 28 and briefly relate it to the rest of the novel. You will have to provide your own argument.

Great Expectations is set in early Victorian England, a time when the Industrial Revolution transformed the social landscape. Social class was no longer entirely dependent on the circumstances of one’s birth but the division between rich and poor was as finite as ever. Pip’s sudden rise from country labourer to city gentleman forces him to move from one social extreme to another, Great Expectations presents the growth and development of a single character namely Phillip Pirrip or Pip. In this assignment I will analyse various themes and character interactions within Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations with a specific focus on chapter 28 and it’s relation to the rest of the novel. As I will explain Charles Dickens was not only a famous storyteller but also a great social commentator.

The chapter opens with Pip’s decision to return home. His de...