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Many novels are based on the author’s life. Some of the novel’s were influenced by the author’s life. Often in cases like these, one author may write many novels with a similar theme, plot, setting, or characters. This is true in Great Expectations. Charles ....

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.... apprentice. Pip’s situation as an orphan was a little bit more complex than Dickens. Pip’s caretaker becomes delirious and then dies. I think that these events show a sense of independence in both of them. They started to take care of themselves when they were teenagers. That gave them a few good qualities such as being strong and independent. They have another similarity dealing with women. Pip loves Estella, but she does not love him back. She looks down on him because he is not wealthy and is not very well educated. Dickens does not have much luck with women, either. He loses his first love. It seems that he cannot keep a girlfriend. If he d ....