Discuss Dickens use of descriptions of clothes, actions and voices to help the reader imagine a character.
             Dickens draws his characters in bold colourful strokes. Pip himself is somewhat colourless hero: he's not a source of the action but a witness to the colourful events and people who almost thrust themselves into his life.
             EX 1: The convict jumps at him, turns him upside and changes his life
             forever by becoming a father-like figure for Pip.
             EX 2: He was enjoying his life until one day miss Havisham asks for him
             and then changes his life completely by introducing her niece Estella and
             then trying to break his heart when he falls in love with her.
             Pip is an innocent victim from lower class and doesn't know how to deal with the situation he is in. He is sensitive and loving, but is deeply affected by the harsh circumstances of his environment.
             EX: He is poor, but not until he meets Estella who he's in love with, does
             he realise his social status. Just because of this girl, he has great desire of
             becoming a gentleman. However, he doesn't know how to deal with the
             situation, either about his love for Estella or how to become a gentleman.
             Pip is a developing character in the book. We know that he is a complicated or "round" character because he is a mixture of good and bad qualities, while Mrs Joe is a "flat" character, whose single characteristic is to be a cruel and evil sister for Pip. However, Pip is the only "bold" character in the book who is not described physically. Dickens reveals his thoughts. This is because the book is set on Pip's point of view. This makes us develop a character of Pip as we read on. In chapter I Dickens tells us about Pip's background. He's living with his evil sister and Joe because the rest of his family
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