Option #2 Jaggers
Pip first sees Mr. Jaggers at the Jolly Bargemen. He descibed Jagger as a "strange gentlemen"(pg. 133). We then soon learn his name is Mr. Jaggers and he is a lawyer in London. His name has "Jagg" in it which reminds me of "Jagged". In the Oxford English Dictionary Jagged is defined as Having the edge irregularly cut, gashed, or torn, into deep indentations and acute projections; torn or worn to a ragged or uneven edge. This is seen when Mr. Jaggers comes up to Pip's table at the Jolly Bargemen and Pip described the situation, "He stood with his head on one side and himself on one side, in a bullying interrogative manner, and he threw his forefinger at Mr. Wopsle" (pg. 134) Pip uses the word bullying to describe Jaggers. I think people do see his personality as sharp and when people talk to him they can feel "cut" by his words. On page 167 Pip sees Mr. Jaggers talking to two men, "That's what I told you not to do. You thought! I think for you; I don't want you to find me. Now I won't have it. I won't hear a word." The men then are speechless and Pip describes them as "humbly falling back". As you can see from this evidence Mr. Jagger's words really do "cut" into people. Wikipedia descibes the word Jagged as having a rough personality which would describe him to have a rough personality ,for me, meaning rude, inconsiderate, and pompous. I think Dickens chooses the right name to describe a man like Mr. Jaggers--cutting.
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I completely agree on Jaggers being a lot like Jagged. When most people think of the word "Jagged" they think of a rock. And i think Jaggers is a lot like a rock. He was a very rough and tough exterior, which makes him seem harsh and cold to the world. A rock is something that can be very threatening, large, and a challenge; Jaggers is all of these things. Large: he is widely known, basically famous, and always has crowds of people waiting to see him. He is threatening because nobody would ever mess with him, he even says that "He leaves his windows open, for he would like to see any man who tries to steal from him". Most people in London are intimidated of him, and do everything they can to stay on his good side. He is a challenge, because he appears to be soulless and harsh, but we see glimpses of him having a soft exterior. At one point, Dickens compares the windows of Jaggers's house, to Jaggers himself. The windows were dirty, but inside there were glimpses of light, of hope. All in all, I think that you got pretty close to what i was thinking.
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