¶ … Great Expectations" & "The Sun also Rises," one may concur that both narrators are on opposites ends of the spectrum when comparing their reliability. In Great Expectations the main, character Pip is the narrator. Pip is considered a reliable source in the novel, on the other hand in " the Sun Also Rises" the narrator Jake Barnes is not viewed as a reliable source, there are scenes in the reading where it appears that one is not given all necessary information, as if to put the narrator in a better light in the reading overall. One main difference in the story detail is in the form of speech. Another correlation between the two books is the dramatic depictions of scenes and emotions throughout the readings.
The two novels compared here contrast in more ways then they compare. The setting of the book Great Expectations is in England during the mid-nineteenth century. In "The Sun Also Rises, the setting is more specifically stated as 1924. One point that is consistent between the novels is the tense of the writing which is past for both works. Another way that the readings contrast is in the tone of the works. The tone of Great Expectations is cheerful, comical, and satirical at times. On the other hand, The Sun Also Rises has, a tone that is somber, ironic, nostalgic, and detached at times. Another way that the two novels differ is the point-of-view from which the story is depicted. In Great Expectations, the point-of-view is in the first person, which the main character Pip gives his rendition of the occurrences. In The Sun Also Rises, the point-of-view is that of Jake Barnes who is not the main character. Both readings have various quotes throughout that help to bring the whole story together.
The quotes that will be discussed first are those found in Great Expectations. The following quotation depicts how the main character is consumed with the importance of what others think of him. This is truly, where one begins to see the characters developing. " My convict looked round him for the first time, and saw me . . . I looked at him eagerly when he looked at me, and slightly moved my hands and shook my head. I had been waiting for him to see me that I might try to assure him of my innocence. It was not at all expressed to me that he even comprehended my intention, for he gave me a look that I did not understand, and it all passed in a moment. But if he had looked at me for an hour or for a day, I could not have remembered his face ever afterwards as having been more attentive" (Dickens, 1965, Chapter 5).
This quote allows the reader to see that Joe does not want to blame Pip for the division in their friendship, but yet balm the division on society as a whole. "Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together, as I may say, and one man's a blacksmith, and one's a whitesmith, and one's a goldsmith, and one's a coppersmith. Divisions among such must come, and must be met as they come"(Dickens, Chapter 27).
This quote is important in providing a rather significant metaphor. The metaphor is daylight actually meaning love. This quote also gives one insight into the character Estella. "I begin to think," said Estella, in a musing way, after another moment of calm wonder, "that I almost understand how this comes about. If you had brought up your adopted daughter wholly in the dark confinement of these rooms, and had never let her know that there was such a thing as the daylight by which she has never once seen your face -- if you had done that, and then, for a purpose, had wanted her to understand the daylight and know all about it, you would have been disappointed and angry? . . ."
'Or," said Estella, " -- which is a nearer case -- if you had taught her, from the dawn of her intelligence, with your utmost energy and might, that there was such a thing as daylight, but that it was made to be her enemy and destroyer, and she must always turn against it, for it had blighted you and would else blight her -- if you had done this, and then, for a purpose, had wanted her to take naturally to the daylight and she could not do it, you would have been disappointed and angry? . . ."
'So," said Estella, "I must be...
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