nces that surround Pip. It is through the use of "visual images as well as other aspects of figurative language" ("Imagery in Great Expectations") that Dickens is able to accomplish this task. Dickens also has Pip speak in a first-person narrative, which allows the readers to view occurrences through the eyes of Pip. This allows readers to view Pip's direct stream of conscience allowing for Pip's crisis of conscience to be better understood. Though the "usage of physical descriptions that indicate something about the moral and spiritual nature of the character," ("Characterization in Dickens") readers become aware of each character's role in society. Each individual depends upon by the next individual so that all people may fulfill their roles in society. This is quite prevalent in Dickens' intricate character connections. An example of this occurs in Magwitch's role in society. Despite being one of the convicts, he is also the benefactor of Pip, and the father of Estella. The characters in the novel stand for everything that Dickens believes their real life counterparts can easily be identified as. The first person that Pip encounters in the novel is Magwitch, the convict. Magwitch represents the oppressed and social outcast in society. Even though he appears a threat at first, Dickens masterfully allows Magwitch to become generous and gracious by the end of the novel. To further show his sympathy towards the criminals and outcasts in society, Dickens allows Magwitch to die peacefully during sleep rather than being hung from the hands of political injustice. "With a last faint effort, which would have been powerless but for my yielding to it, and assisting it, he raised my hand to his lipsThe placid look at the white ceiling came back, and passed away, and his head dropped quietly on his breast" (Dickens 364). Dickens sympathy towards the socially oppressed is also seen in the characterization of Joe Gargery. Joe is a b...
