First Impressions - Akshave Arulparan 

       "Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens, is a classic novel thats has captured my attention after reading the first few pages. In Great expectations, Dickens presents us the life of Pirrip. Pirrip is the protagonist of this novel, and this novel explores the courage, initiative, and emotions of pip. Much is not explained yet in detail as i just read a few pages but I am very much interested and engaged to know what is to come. This novel is written in  Pip, a seven year olds perspective which gives this novel more significance. 

Great Expectations takes place in the 19th century England. It starts off by introducing Pip, as an ordinary boy . Thus far, there are many characters introduced in the novel, around 5-10 characters. According to me there are two characters who catch my attention and seem important right now; Pip (pirrip) and escaped convict. From what I have read, this book discusses pips childhood, and his struggles. Pip looses his parents at a very young age and lives with his sister Mrs. Joe Gargery, who's married to a blacksmith. Pips sister struggles to take care of him and treats him very badly also. She abuses Pip by hitting him for his mistakes. 

At this point in the novel, what has been captured so far is  Pip’s life as it is not colourful or joyful. My first impressions on Pip was that he is innocent. Pip seems like a kind-hearted person so far as he's seen helping many. I first thought of Joe as not very friendly person, but as I read on I realized he is the only friendly adult around. Joe shows love and  affections towards Pip, he is the only  understanding adult at this point in the novel. Pip’s sister Mrs. Joe is not actually loving towards Pip. You are able to see that she doesn't really love Pip but sees him as burden. Pip’s sister doesn't show any love towards Pip, but shows more hatred. 

One character that has shown to courageous and kind-hearted is Pip as when the convict tells him to bring him food, Pip does. He is very brave for returning to the church yard. Although i usually like to read fantasies and mystic novels, this book is quite fascinating. This novel is very well detailed, which really enlightens me. Also, I really adore Pips innocence. Also this book seemed very dark and uninteresting, as i read on i started to enjoy the book very much.