WHATS THE STORY

Personally I think Dickens wrote Great Expectations because it was relatable. Either it was something he experienced or something he saw way to much of. He wanted to show his audience what could/would happen to people who were acting like Pip. It's not a literary term we've actually gone over but it is in our list, and I would say it's a bit gothic. It's not completely gloomy like Edgar Allan Poe status, but it was sad. The way Estella didn't love Pip back, the way he used and abused the people who actually loved him and way he never really got the ending he wanted but what he didn't know he needed. Another term I noticed was foils between Joe and Jagger. Jagger made Joe look like an angel. Joe was whay every one aspires to be like, whereas Jagger is what we end up becoming. The story was also an allegory (I tend to always confuse it with anecdote). Dickens wanted his readers to get something out of it and this story had tons of themes. You just need to pick one that applies to you.