Throughout the story he goes through many changes. ... As the weeks pass, Pip sees good in Magwitch and begins to care for him as if he were is own father. ... Though she does not know it herself and though Pip does not learn it until almost the end of the novel, Estella is the daughter of Magwitch, the convict whom Pip aids as a child. ... The main theme of this story was the separation of social classes. ... This theme was prevalent through the whole story and was mirrored in Dickens's early childhood years as he was forced to work when his father was sent to prison. ...

• Word Count: 1548
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Doria is a seventeen-year-old daughter of a single mother living in poverty. ... (Guene 2) Doria does not respect her father at all for leaving her and her mother. She is now forced to provide for both of them, rather than her father helping to bring in the majority of earnings. ... By not having a father in the house, it is hard for Doria and her mother to create any income to support the two of them. ... Social class in these two stories strengthens the story and shows the personality of each character. ...

• Word Count: 1524
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School