Great Expectations

Charles Dickens had a hard childhood. Because of debts of his father, he was forced into hard labor as a child. His mother even wanted him to continue working hard labor when he didn’t have to do it. In the first chapter of Great Expectations, you can see how Pip’s childhood was also hard. I feel certain that because of Dickens’ childhood, he portrayed Pip with some of the harsh aspects of his own childhood. As both Dickens and Pip grew up, they both had a change of fortune for the better. However, Dickens and Pip both ended up with life reverting back to a similar life that they both had started. Dickens father’s debt caused him to pay again, and Pip’s life had him return to his childhood home.