The world-applauded novel of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens creates tension to instantly grab the audience's attention because of the linguistic devices he delicately exposes throughout the novel. This convinces the reader to move forward and find out what Pip would do, what kind of situations he will encounter, and what his reactions to the story would be. He does this to inform the audience about the everyday problems that occur in Victorian society and the conclusion that the characters come to, such as becoming a gentleman, and then completely changing, as Dickens says "snobbish". a cemetery, this immediately suggests an air of anxiety as it is desolate and sinister, representing the entire story in just the first few paragraphs of the novel. The opening chapter is set in the middle of “the marshy country, by the river, within…twenty miles of the sea.” Dickens creates a rough environment in the first paragraphs by using harsh vocabulary, such as "...rough afternoon, towards evening." This immediately puts the reader in the mood and prepares him for an excellent novel. However, this is not carried forward throughout the chapter because it uses extremely simple language which is not enough to capture the reader's attention. The opening chapter wants us to keep reading; on the other hand the basic vocabulary used throughout the chapter downgrades the novel. Extensive use of vocabulary would have increased the tension of the story and made it even more spectacular. However, its basic vocabulary gives us enough information to know who looks like who. For example, "black curly hair" generates an image of a man with very dark, curly hair, a very ordinary man. St...... middle of the paper ...... and we involve the reader again in the novel, with the desire to move forward and see if Pip will do what the prisoner requests, which in the end happens because the the day Next, Pip brings some food for the condemned man. And so it can be seen that Charles Dickens' world-applauded novel Great Expectations clearly shows that, spontaneously, the opening chapter is ready to fasten the reader's eyes to the chapter and keep him glued. to the novel, taking them to the end. The incredible techniques he manages to pack into just eight pages are fascinating and baffling. The use of basic, but very successful vocabulary creates sympathy for Pip, which is very intriguing, not leaving, but forcing the reader to find out what will happen to whom. He manages to highlight words that have double meanings from the opening chapter very cleverly, making him a unique writer.