1. A Presentation by: Lulu Collins For: Mr. Donnie Bailey English III – Honors Due: December 5, 2011

2. Charles Dickens Birth, family, and early life Poverty and time as a child laborer Transition into journalism Earliest novels and failure Success Social issues in literature Child labor, poverty, classism, London Later life and death

3. Great Expectations - Plot Introduction of Pip The thief Time with Joe and “Mrs. Joe” Treatment by family Move to London Mrs. Havisham and Estella Inheritance and wealth Struggle for acceptance Pip and Estella Revelations and dignity

4. Victorianism Classism – Definition Social classes and their characteristics Affluent Middleclass Impoverished Characteristics of Victorian society

5. Victorianism Classism – Examples The treatment of Pip by his sister Education in the novel Mrs. Havisham and Estella’s view of Pip The thief and his role Debt and wealth in the novel

6. Victorian Classism - Effect Pity for Pip and Joe A warped view of society Viewing other as “lesser” The importance of education Reevaluation of “roles” Who is good, bad? Self-doubt What am willing to do when impoverished and disenfranchised?

7. Works Cited “Charles Dickens. biography.” Biography.com. 2001. 29 Nov. 2011.. Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. London: Penguin Publishing, 2011. Print. Mitchell, Sally. Daily Life in Victorian England. New York: Greenwood Press, 2008. Print. Picard, Liza. Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840- 1870. New York: Stockingbridge Press, 2007. Print. Tomalin, Claire. Charles Dickens: A Life. Chicago: Oxland, 2011. Print.