Photo Connection

Photo Connection to Great Expectations

          This photo relates to the first two stages of Great Expectations because its roots represent Pip as a child and as the tree grows it is forever changing. The blacks and greys represent the dark connotation in the novel. The roots underground also symbolize Pip's ignorance and as he grows closer to the surface, he loses it. As Pip is growing into a gentleman he is realizing he took everything he used to have for granted. The shadows on the tree symbolize the dark moments in Pip's life... such as when he finds out who his benefactor is and when Mrs. Joe dies and he reakizes how he is treating everyone around him that is supposably "below" him. Overall, I think this is a good representation of the first stages of Great Expectations.