Satire and Mr. Pumblechook

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English

 

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Hugh S

 

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November 19, 2013

 

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University

 

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A

 

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Joe's, Pip's sister, "kind" determination of raising him "by hand." He and Mr. Wopsle, another visitor and snobby individual, ridicule Pip by comparing him to a pig, but then the tables turn on Mr. Pumblechook when he's given watered-down brandy. In this comic incident, Dickens mocks Pumblechook in the way he describes his absurd leap, "whooping-cough dance," and apparent insanity...
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Dickens creates humor by making "a large hard-breathing middle-aged slow man" run wildly around the house to show how this undesirable man compensates for his verbal abuse with a young child like Pip. Likewise, Dickens satirizes the business class through the description of Pumblechook's trade. Capitalism is a strong system in England at the time, and competition is what drives business...
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