Connections

One connection that I found between Great Expectations and The Metamorphosis was a theme of avoidance. Gregor wants to avoid his boss and even asks i "the office manager himself [had] to come" (125). This theme also comes up when Pip finds out Joe is coming to visit him. Pip said that the thoughts he had about Joe coming were "Not with pleasure" (218). Pip was even considering the option that maybe Joe was not visiting him. A connection I found between Great Expectations and The Judgement was he idea of a charter being calm then suddenly crazy. In The Judgement, George's father was relaxed and once George covered him with the sheets, the father started yelling and acting crazy towards George. In Great Expectations, chapter 28 talks about a man who became very upset about the people he was sitting with calling them "villainous company... infamous and shameful" (227).