Month: June 2016

“My sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery, was more than twenty years older than I, and had established a great reputation with herself and the neighbors because she had brought me up “by hand.”

The irony in this is that Pip is saying that his sister has been bringing him up by beating him there is also irony where he says she has a great reputation. The connotation in this is that he it means that he was brought up being beating but

Simile:

“I’ve been locked up as much as a silver tea-kittle”

Magwitch was talking about how he had, been through everything in prison. So by saying he has been locked up more than silver tea-kittle the connotation is that he has been locked up in prison so much. This implies that he was being kept secure and that he couldn’t get out because, the owner would keep the silver tea kettle secure because it is valuable.