Question

The "pale young gentleman" serves to

Answer 1

Answer:

B. leave the reader in suspense about whether they will fight.

Explanation:

The pale young gentleman is a character that appears in the novel Great Expectations during Pip's second visit to Miss Havisham's house. The pale young gentleman asks Pip to fight him while Pip is exploring the yard. The pale young man takes the fight very seriously, and explains the rules to Pip, but ultimately ends up losing against Pip.

Answer 2

The pale young gentleman is a strange character, first he wants to fight Pip for no apparent reason until Pip accepts and he loses, and that is all Pip knows of him until years later when they meet again and the pale young gentleman is an adult, his name is Herbert Pocket, and they get along very well, they even become best friends. Herbert helps Pip improve his table manners but he doesn't mock him and he is not an antagonist, just a kid who wants to fight. The information he later gives to pip is not to convince him Miss Havisham is his benefactor.  

In the first appearance his inclusion is only to make the reader wonder if the fight will actually happen. The correct answer C.)