What's The Story

Dickens wrote this novel aimed at people of our age. This is seen through the ideas presented in the novel. It's a novel about finding oneself. It's about being afraid to face what we are and having to create a person that doesn't exist but to us is our true identity. It's about being harmed by people you love and being in love with people that hate you. Dickens uses contrast when attempting to compare characters and their affects on Pip. Pip is stuck in a wold in which things aren't what they appear to be and it's his job to understand and decipher the true meaning of people and himself.