"We entered this haven through a wicket-gate...flat burying-ground" (170).
The way this scene is described gives the reader a feeling of uneasiness, like it is a cold place to live. The feeling of love and compassion does not seem to radiate through the property. Charles Dickens chose to describe the wicket-gate and the house with words such as "melancholy" to clearly depict to the reader how uncomfortable or even depressing the building was that Pip entered into. From describing the house in such a way, it leads the reader to assume that the people who live in that house are not very lively, but keep to themselves and live in darkness instead of the light. Charles Dickens clearly portrayed the atmosphere inside those walls as well as outside of them and the reader is able to grasp the full image.
Photo Credit:
"Wooden Garden & Security Gates." Andrew Jennings & Son LTD. 2 January 2010.
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