A league is a distance measurement of three nautical miles. The nautical mile is the standard distance measure at sea. A mile is 5,280 feet but a nautical mile is 6,076 feet (1,852m). The difference is a result of the curvature of the earth.
Philip Pirrip, or Pip, the main character of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, is a multi-dimensional character. Pip is: an orphan - his parents died, his sister â¦and her husband (Joe) raise him a dreamer, ambitious - he always has a dream or goal in mind (an expectation...
In the beginning of The Great Gatsby Nick seems to be one of the main characters in the story, but as the novel progresses and the actual main characters enter on stage, Nick is seen as having more of a secondary role instead of the primary role with which he started.