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Commentary on Jaggers’ Office - Great Expectations – The passage is from the novel Great Expectation by Charles Dickens on chapter twenty. Chapter twenty is the start of a new section when Pip just moved to London and meets Jaggers for the first time. The setting in the second section of the novel contrasts drastically from the marshes in the first section. In Great Expectations, Dickens puts a lot of emphasis in relating his characters with the setting, and chapter twenty is a good example. Pip’s descriptions of Jaggers’ office clearly show that he is feeling uncomfortable and stunned by his new surroundings. Dickens’ uses different literary techniques to illustrate Pip’s emotions and his impressions on London and the people there. Dickens clearly shows that Pip is disappointed with his new surroundings in the beginning of chapter twenty. London is supposed to be the place where he reaches for his great expectations, but instead Pip immediately finds London to be a dismal and ugly place.