Blog prompt for 10/23

Great Expectations: Re-read the section describing Magwitch eating his dinner out on the marshes (ch. III, second page, paragraph beginning "I was soon at the battery . . . through the paragraph beginning "I had often watched a large dog of ours eating his food . . .") and the description of the family eating Christmas dinner with Pumblechook, Wopsle, and the Hubbles (Ch. IV first page, paragraph that begins "We were to have a superb dinner . . . through the end of the paragraph that begins "we dined on these occasions in the kitchen . . .") What do you notice in these two descriptions? Consider atmosphere, style, character, setting, theme, symbolism, diction, syntax, etc.