There are a few themes that Great Expectaitions shares with To Kill a Mockingbird. For example, the theme of crime and punishment. In Great Expectations, theres the constant use of convicts and prison. Mr. Jaggers works with crimnals and Pip visits a prison and aids a convict. In To Kill a Mockingbird, most of the story is based around the trial of Tom Robinson and the crime he supposedly commited. To Kill a Mockingbird also shows the good and bad parts of society, the innocent present along with the evil. This is shown by the cruelty of characters like Bob Ewell, and the kindness displayed by Atticus.
Also the different sides of society is shown in Great Expectations, again through characters and their given personalities. Joe is very innocent and kind, sort of like a child. While, as Pip grows higher in the social status, he meets people like Mr. Drummle, who's cruel and unkind. Both Pip and Scout (who use nicknames rather than their real names) learn this lesson as they grow older and are exposed to these different parts of society. Also, both Pip and Scout are shown the idea of becoming a "lady" or a "gentleman"....Though the appeal of this is a lot less in the mind of Scout as it is in the mind of Pip.
So altogether, these two books cover many of the same themes...though in a very different story line is it shown.
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