’s Integrity Essay, Research Paper
Wemmick’s Integrity Wemmick provides a complicated, yet interesting separation of his home life and work life. His home and work lives are as different in physical appearances as they are in personality differences. Many of his home habits allow him to express his care and decency, which contrasts with his mechanical work which lacks good value. Wemmick dedicates himself to separating the two so that he may keep his virtues intact while he works in the filth of Newgate. Wemmick is alone in his success of separation when compared to others such as Jaggers and Pip. Such dedication to keeping good values alive gives Wemmick so much integrity that he immediately becomes my favorite character. The castle in Walworth has a drawbridge, a cannon, and a fountain. We see the effects of these defenses first when he raises the drawbridge “it was very pleasant to see the pride with which he hoisted it up and made it fast; smiling as he did so, with a relish and not merely mechanically”(229). He “relishes” or gains pleasure in the working of the drawbridge; as opposed to his mechanical office mode, he really smiles. With this first insight into Wemmick’s other side, a simple integrity is revealed. The cannon, named Stinger, is mounted upon “a separate fortress, constructed of lattice-work. It was protected from the weather by an ingenious little tarpaulin contrivance in the nature of an umbrella”(229). The latticework and umbrella cover express Wemmick’s imagination in planning the castle. Another of Wemmick’s contraptions is his fountain. A mill and a cork run it. The water splashes out enough that it lands on any viewer of the fountain, which the Aged greatly enjoys. He lists his skills and says “and my own Jack of all Trades .it’s a good thing, you know. It brushes the Newgate cobwebs away, and pleases the Aged”(230). By applying his skills to working on the castle, Wemmick purges himself of the filth of Newgate and restores his virtue. One last expression of Wemmick’s happiness is “portable property”. Although it can be connected to the office, at home he creates a hobby of it, with odds and ends that he shows to Pip. Hobbies are considered symbols of happiness. The castle not only keeps out the world, but it also gives a means of expressing emotion by providing a canvass for Wemmick to create his contraptions and work on the castle. Wemmick’s treatment of people is also completely different in Walworth. When firing the cannon Wemmick tells Pip “it’s the Aged’s treat”(229). Also, in regards to the fountain, Wemmick says that it pleases the Aged. Keeping the Aged happy is one of Wemmick’s sources of goodness. Again, when nodding at the Aged during Pip’s introduction he asks “will you tip him one more? You can’t think how it pleases him”(230). Lastly, Wemmick offers no apology for letting the Aged read aloud “for he isn’t capable of many pleasures – are you, Aged P?”(315). Wemmick indulges the Aged any way he can to bring him happiness. In the office happiness is a stranger. Next, Wemmick decides to help Herbert get a business partner. At first he say “that’s not my trade”(314), yet when Pip reminds him that he is not in his trading-place, Wemmick agrees. This points out Wemmick’s dedication to complete separation of home and work life. He offers to go out of his way to help a friend. All of these quotations show Wemmick’s care and decency towards others. Wemmick is thinking to please others instead of himself as he would do at work. When at home, Wemmick seems to be bursting with integrity. The office is in Smithfield, right near Newgate Prison. Smithfield is, as described by Pip “the shameful place, being all asmear with filth and fat and blood and foam, seemed to stick to me”(189). All the filth and fat and blood are symbolic of the way in which the crime, guilt, and depravity stick to all who come into Smithfield. Crime and depravity seem to fill all the cracks and crevices of Smithfield. The office is described as a very dark and dismal place with grease on the walls and with odd things about and Mr. Jaggers’ deadly back horsehair chair(188). It also has two face plasters which give the office a creepy feeling. Such a place would cause depression without any defense. Wemmick has adapted to these surroundings by becoming a completely indifferent person without emotion.The first description of Wemmick in his office style describes him as self-contained and mechanical, with chiseled features (196). As Wemmick and Pip leave Walworth, Pip takes notice of Wemmick’s change “By degrees, Wemmick got dryer and harder .his mouth tightened into a post-office again .he looked as unconscious of his Walworth property as if .had been blown into space together by the last discharge of the Stinger”(232). Wemmick has changed into the person needed to work in the conditions of Newgate. When Wemmick takes Pip to Newgate Prison(282), the misery and hopelessness that he must defend against is revealed through is unemotional departure from the Colonel.
Wemmick’s treatment of people becomes cold and hard when he is at work. He is the person all of Jaggers’ clients are supposed to pay. The job of bill collecting definitely requires a demanding and uncaring attitude. When visiting the prison, Wemmick talks with “the Colonel”, a condemned man. They bid each other goodbye because the Colonel is going to die on Monday. Wemmick accepts the Colonel’s ring rather unemotionally. Then, he asks about his pigeon fancy, and if he may be commissioned a pair. He tells Pip later “he is sure to be executed on Monday. Still you see, as far as it goes, a pair of pigeons are portable property, all the same”(282). Wemmick shows disregard for the fact that the man is going to die and follows a chance to gain more portable property. Only in his office life would Wemmick do such a thing. For most people, this job would be incredibly stressful and extremely demoralizing. Fortunately, Wemmick has conquered this aspect of work, and compared to Jaggers or Pip, he is the only one who has completed the separation. When comparing Wemmick’s ambiguous lifestyle with Jaggers’ lifestyle, we can see how well Wemmick has succeeded in his separation of work and home. Wemmick is directly prudent about the separation in two places. First, when Pip asks Wemmick for advice on loaning Herbert money, Wemmick replies “My Walworth sentiments must be taken at Walworth; none but my official sentiments can be taken in this office”(310). Second, Pip asks if Jaggers admired Wemmick’s property “the office is one thing, and private life is another”(231). Wemmick asks Pip not to speak of the property professionally. Also, we see that Jaggers makes no distinction of work and home when Pip visits his home to find a bookshelf full of law books. In the same way, Jaggers always commands fear and respect even at home, in regards to Molly “I fancied I could detect in his manner a consciousness of this, and a purpose of always holding her in suspense”(234). He does not leave his work at work. He is always working, he is always one step ahead. We know Jaggers is capable of sympathy because he believes people can change, and that’s why he tries to give his guilty clients a second chance. Unfortunately, he cannot show it because his work demands complete coldness so he may command such fear and respect from all people. When at the prison Wemmick tells Pip “I don’t know what Mr. Jaggers does a better thing than the way in which he keeps himself so high. He’s always so high”(283), he’s telling Pip that Jaggers is always respected and commanding respect is what he does best. Jaggers is not capable of separating lives. He has only one, work, which allows no room for emotion. When Pip unintentionally squares off the two of them at work by mentioning Wemmick’s joyful home life, Wemmick defends his “pleasant home” by recommending that Jaggers should have one “when you’re tired of all this work”(424). It is quite satisfying to see Wemmick emerge as the victor in the battle of lifestyles, because his is definitely much more agreeable. In regards to Pip, he cannot separate his home life from his expectations. He is uncaring towards his family and doesn’t associate with them. He lives only in expectations as Jaggers does work. Only Wemmick succeeds in separating the two. Those of us who are suffering from a work-centered life should look to Wemmick for inspiration. We can learn from him how to allow ourselves to be able to enjoy life at home, without sacrificing out integrity at the workplace. Wemmick attains a freedom to live life to the fullest and he does it with incredible integrity. He is alone in his success, all the other characters have failed miserably, and have been left unfulfilled
32e
Другие работы по теме:
Feminism In Great Expectations Essay Research Paper
Biddy as the Anti-Feminist Feminine Ideal Charles Dickens? portrayal of the female gender in the novel Great Expectations is generally one of disdain. Pip typically encounters women who are mean-spirited, self-centered, and unsympathetic. Throughout the novel Pip is in conflict with women who treat him poorly.
Great Expectations Essay Research Paper Estella Havisham
Great Expectations Essay, Research Paper Estella Havisham: Most readers are appalled at the cold-hearted and cruel ways of Estella, but any criticism directed at her is largely undeserved. She was simply raised in a controlled environment where she was, in essence, brainwashed by Miss Havisham. Nonetheless, her demeanor might lead one to suspect that she was a girl with a heart of ice.
Gr8 Expec Essay Research Paper There are
Gr8 Expec Essay, Research Paper There are many common, familiar clich?s about illusion versus truth. “All that glitters is not gold” and “Things are seldom what they seem” are the most universal hackneyed phrases, but they do not cover entirely every aspect of appearance versus reality. In Charles Dickens’ novel, Great Expectations, there are several differences between the illusion and the truth.
Jaggers And Wemmick Great Exp Essay Research
Paper The relationship between Jaggers and Wemmick seems strictly professional on the surface, but neither one of them is really being themselves. Sometimes they almost seem like an old married couple because they’ve been together so long. But their relationship is not nearly as important as their purpose in Great Expectations, that being as sort of parental figures to Pip in his London life.
Great Expectations Essay Research Paper The book
Great Expectations Essay, Research Paper The book I read was Charles Dicken s Great Expectations written in 1890. Dickens novel contains 400 pages. Great Expectations takes place in the 1800 s in London, England and the surrounding suburbs of London. The story is told in the fist person through the eyes of the main character Philip Pirrip.
Great Expectations Essay Research Paper General InfoA
Great Expectations Essay, Research Paper General Info: A story of moral redemption. The hero is an orphan raised in humble surroundings, in the early decades of the nineteenth century, comes into a fortune, and promptly disavows family and friends.
Great Expectations Essay Research Paper In Great
Great Expectations Essay, Research Paper In Great Expectations, Pip, the protagonist and narrator of the story grows from a young child to a mannerly gentleman with high social status. Throughout the story he goes through many changes. However, in the end it turns out that Pip was handed too much too quickly.
Fathers
& Sons Essay, Research Paper In an essay of not more than 1500 words: 1. Explain how in your view the settings in Fathers and Sons contribute to Turgenev s ideological statement .
Great Expectations The Character Of Estella Essay
, Research Paper Great Expectations. The Character of Estella One of our first thoughts, like readers, when we finish the novel is to establish two lists; one of good characters and other of bad characters. Since this paper is devoted to the character of Estella the question would be: is she a good character or a bad character? But, before beginning the analysis of Estella in the novel which will try to give an answer to this question, we are going to deal with the symbology of the name of Estella.
Shawshank Redemption Essay Research Paper Great Expectations
Shawshank Redemption Essay, Research Paper Great Expectations: Father figures, mentors and patrons Pip s quest for identity is until the return of Magwich, 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.
Great Expectations Pip Essay Research Paper Great
Great Expectations: Pip Essay, Research Paper Great Expectations: Pip Charles Dickens’s Great expectations is a story about a boy, Philip Pirrip, who comes to a point in his life where his life changes drastically from the way
Great Expectations The World Of Laws Crime
And Punishment Essay, Research Paper The World of Laws, Crime and Punishment in Great ExpectationsGreat Expectations criticises the Victorian judicial and penal system. Through the novel, Charles Dickens displays his point of view of criminality and punishment. This is shown in his portraits of all pieces of such system: the lawyer, the clerk, the judge, the prison authorities and the convicts.
Great Expectations The Book Verses The Movie
Essay, Research Paper Diane Boissonneau March 26th 1999 Great Expectations: The Book Verses the Movie Charles Dickens wrote many famous works, including Great Expectations. Recently, a movie loosely based upon this book was directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starred Gweynth Paltrow and Ethan Hawke.
Great Expectations Essay Research Paper Pip is
Great Expectations Essay, Research Paper Pip is orphaned at childbirth and is raised by his sister and her husband, Mr.& Mrs.Joe Gargery. He lives a pretty normal, happy life considering the circumstances. He sneaks around like a normal kid and one time he steals stuff to help an escaped convict. Anyway, one day he is called to Miss.Havisham’s house to play.
Great Expectations 3 Essay Research Paper In
Great Expectations 3 Essay, Research Paper In Dickens’ novel, Great Expectations, the main theme running through the work deals with the maturing of individuals, and the question of what being a gentleman consists of. From his first encounter with Miss Havisham and more significantly, the young Estella, Pip’s main focus and goal is on improving his simplistic and rustic lower class lifestyle, and his aims to become a gentleman.
Great Expations Essay Research Paper Great Expectations
Great Expations Essay, Research Paper Great Expectations Notes Chapter 1 Setting: early in the 1800s; Churchyard in His Joe Gargey and her husband in the Marshes. tiny village east of London parents died Pip- Phillip Pirrap- main character- 7 years old- Lives w/ sister One time while visiting his parents grave he meets aMrs. when he was younger strange man- He asks Pip to get him a file and some writtles (food).
Great Expectations 5 Essay Research Paper GREAT
Great Expectations 5 Essay, Research Paper GREAT EXPECTATIONS The major themes from Charles Dickens novel “Great Expectations” are discussed to their importance in life while concerning their structure.Out of these many themes I have chosen love in the context of human relationships, isolation and finally redemption.
The Odysseus Essay Research Paper Telemachi is
The Odysseus Essay, Research Paper Telemachi is the son of Odysseus and Penelope in the epic novel, “The Odyssey”. Telemachi’s role in the novel reiterates the strength and courage of Odysseus. The
Great Expectations Essay Research Paper TitleGreat Expectations
Great Expectations Essay, Research Paper Title Great Expectations Author Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth and moved to London on his twelfth. Because his father spent more than he earned, Dickens had to work in a blacking factory, of which he was very ashamed. This had a great influence on his writing, because he attacked the social differences in the Victorian age.
Charles Dickens Novel Great Expectations Essay Research
Paper Charles Dickens? novel Great Expectations is a very enjoyable book for the reader for many reasons. Overall, Great Expectations is a novel that effectively depicts the emotions and feelings of the characters in the story and has a plot that maintains the reader?s interest. These elements, along with others help to make the novel appealing for the reader.
The Neurosis Of Passion Essay Research Paper
The Neurosis of passion Breaking Patterns of Sterility and Breaking Patterns of Abuse. Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations, attempts to delve into the Victorian gender construction. Incorporated within this persona is the struggle to break away from the cycles of generations of abuse and patterns of sterility.
Great Expectations Essay Research Paper Chapters 18Plot
Great Expectations Essay, Research Paper Chapters 1-8 Plot and Setting- The plot starts out with a little boy name Phillip Pirrip. It is a first person narrative about a boy back in the nineteenth century. The first eight chapters deal mostly with Pip’s childhood years. It also deals with who Pip is, and his family.
Great Expectations And Family Relations Essay Research
Paper Charles Dickens remains one of the most prominent and certainly the most commercially successful literary artist of nineteenth century England. In addition, Dickens enjoyed a large readership in America. The author’s success on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean stems from his entertaining literary style and his deep respect for social values and the human condition he encountered and incorporated into his writing.
Great Expectations Essay Research Paper Great ExpectationsOf
Great Expectations Essay, Research Paper Great Expectations Of the major themes from Charles Dickens novel “Great Expectations” to be discussed as to their importance concerning its structure, I have selected “Love” in the context of human relations, ?Isolation?and finally ?Redemption.? The loneliness isolation brings can only be redeemed loving associated of our fellow man, this is a two-way thing. “Had grown diseased, as all minds do and must and will that reverse the appointed order of their maker. “In isolation the greatest sin we commit against ourselves and others, are to dodge human companionship as Miss Haversham did.
The biography and Charles Dickens's creativity
Dickens found itself as a reporter. Interest of English public to the press. Appearance of the first chapters of the "Posthumous messages of Pikvikskogo of club". Comparison of Characters to Inanimate Objects. Trip to America. Basic works of Dickens.