Great_Expectations

Great Expectations Great Expectations: Father figures, mentors and patrons Pip’s quest for identity is until the return of Magwitch, based on false values. In this quest he is influenced by (for good or for ill) a number of figures whom he regards almost as surrogable parents. Write an essay, which closely considers the role of each the role of each of the following father figures, mentors and patrons, evaluating their influences on Pip in terms of the novels themes. Use detailed reference to the text and brief relevant quotations to illustrate your observations. Jaggers Jaggers is Pip’s guardian, by the exiled Magwitch. He is a well-known barrister and his widely respected by everyone, criminals and “gentlemen”. He is a barrister, who will always try and get his clients off their sentence, using any means possible, even if they are illegal. He may use false witnesses and plant evidence to get his clients off the sentence. In this sense, he is no better than his clients and he knows this but he always tries to distance himself from the underground, poverty oppressed world that he ends up defending. He does this both mentally and physically, by washing his hands after speaking to a client, pip, magwitch, jaggers, joe, because, man, wemmick, very, miss, havisham, estella, being, compeyson, about, office, mr, himself, good, genteel, even, things, been, appearance, take, society, people, life, home, gentleman, father, character, way, one, never, house, cold, clients, almost, values, value, two, thought, should, sense, seems, said, pip’s, person, out, money