Ramone's English Journal

Quote 1

“Look’ee here, Pip. I’m your second father. You’re my son,—more to me nor any son. I’ve put away money, only for you to spend.”

Quote 2

“I give Pirrip as my father’s name on the authority of his tombstone.”

Quote 3

“I am what you have made me. Take all the praise, take all the blame; take all the success, take all the failure; in short, take.”

Quote 4

“Miss Havisham’s intentions towards me, all a mere dream; Estella not designed for me; I only suffered in Satis House as a convenience, a sting for the greedy relations, a model with a mechanical heart to practise on when no other practice was at hand; those were the first smarts I had.”

Quote 5

“First,” said Mr. Jaggers, “you should have some new clothes to come in, and they should not be working clothes. Say this day week. You’ll want some money. Shall I leave you twenty guineas?”

Quote 6

Simile

He’d no more heart than a iron file, he was as cold as death, and he had the head of the devil afore mentioned.

Meaning of simile

Pip is talking about Compeyson not caring about anything and he is comparing him to a iron file. By Pip saying he had a head if a devil suggests that Compeyson’s head is set to evil things. Pip says Compeyson is as cold as death. When people die their bodies go cold, Pip is trying to say that Compeyson is near to dying.