Reading Assignment 9

Orlick approaches Pip and tells Pip that he is responsible for Biddy disliking him, and that he was the one who attacked Mrs. Joe. Ever since Orlick was introduced I had a feeling throughout reading that he was going to be a problem. Then when I finished reading I thought to myself that I had a good opinion throughout reading about Orlick's personality. After having his arm injured, Trabb's boy finds Pip. After that I had a general idea that Trabb's boy is a generous boy for helping Pip. When Magwitch was about to board the ship to escape, Compeyson comes up to him and seriously injures him. I had a feeling that Compeyson was going to do something, ever since the way he was acting throughout the reading. After being injured Magwitch was taken into custody, and he had severe charges. Since the injuries from Compeyson, it caused Magwitch to pass away. After that I knew Pip was going to be devastated, because how Magwitch was such a big benefactor of Pip's life. After a while Joe finally reaches his dreams, in which he marries Biddy. I had a feeling something good was going to happen to Joe, because he was such a nice man, and he should have deserved something good. In the end Pip notices Estella and they talk, and Pip knows that he will never stop thinking about her. Ever since Pip met Estella, I thought something was going to happen between them, including getting married, but it still turned out good between them.

Reading Assignment 8

Pip arrives at Miss Havisham's and asks Miss Havisham to spare money for Mr. Jaggers. You then find out that Pip tells Estella he always loved her. Estella has not understood Pip's love towards her all the time he has loved Estella. I think Estella acts rude to Pip while they are talking, because she then says that she is going to marry Drummle right in front of Pip. Pip feels upset after hearing that, because he doesn't want Estella to marry Drummle, he wants her to feel happy. I feel that Pip acted that way, because of how Estella didn't understand Pip's love towards her, which caused him to feel upset. Then Pip receives a note from Wemmick, telling Pip not to go home. Wemmick explains to Pip that he is being watched and thinks Compeyson is involved with it. I think after being informed like that, Pip feels that Wemmick has always cared for him and wants him to be safe. Another person trying to be safe, is Magwitch, in which he moves by the river, and changes his name to Mr. Cambell. Pip was then informed that Magwitch is Estella's father. Since Estella was adopted, I kind of had a feeling that Magwitch was her father, because he was convict, and he probably wasn't there most of Estella's life. Pip then receives a note from Wemmick, telling him that Magwitch needs to escape soon.

Reading Assignment 7

After all the bad news about Mrs. Joe's passing, Pip had a feeling that Orlick was involved with this incident. The author wants the reader to think that it was Orlick, because of how Orlick got into a fight with Mr. and Mrs Joe earlier. The reader then finds out that Mrs. Joe's last words involved Pip and Joe. I know after reading that, I feel that Mrs. Joe always did care for both of them, but it might of just felt that she didn't sometimes. Since Pip needed help with his debts, Mr. Jaggers then gives Pip some money to help. Mr. Jaggers definitely seems to be a good friend towards Pip, because he helps him in many ways. Then Pip's feelings toward Estella grew more, because the reader finds out that Pip always felt jealous when people were near her. Pip also feels that Estella is favoring Drummle over him. Pip then meets his convict and after they are done talking Pip feels that the convict is a great benefit. In this story Dickens chose the convicts first name, which is Abel, because he is a good person towards Pip, and that name represents a name from a good person from another story. Then Pip and Herbert persuade Magwitch to leave England, because he could be in great danger.

Reading Assignment 6

Pip or Handel, as Herbert calls him, is on the streets and is convinced to come to a dinner party. The dinner party was at Wemmick's house and Pip feels that Wemmick is a nice person to have as a friend. After the dinner Pip receives a letter from Biddy, telling him that Joe and Mr. Wopsle are coming to London. Pip is then preparing himself for Joe's arrival. When Joe gets there, he tells Pip things about at home, and about how Estella is home now, in which she wants to see Pip. Even though I already knew that Joe acts like a good friend towards Pip, this shows that he is a very good friend, because he is telling Pip everything back at home. Pip then finds out that Mr. Pumblechook is Pip's earliest patron and founder of his fortunes. Pip then finds out that Orlick is at Miss Havisham's. I also think that Pip doesn't like Orlick being there just because of how he got into a fight with Mr. and Mrs Joe. Pip then felt that Estella was not acting that nice to Pip with how she was showing her manners. Pip was then feeling that he could have been happier and felt better towards himself if he have never met Miss Havisham. Then making Pip feeling worse, he receives a letter that said Mrs. Joe Gargery had past away and he had to attend the funeral.

Reading Assignment 5

Pip finally arrives in London, in which he meets Mr. Jaggers. The reader should think that Pip is feeling relieved, because he is with someone that he has already met back at home. When Pip is walking through London, he had some doubts and he was not sure of what he thought of London. Pip then finds out that he will be staying at Mr. Pocket's for a while. Pip then meets Herbert Pocket, the boy Pip got into a fight with at Miss Havisham's. The reader should think that Pip and Herbert are starting to become friends, even though they had that fight. Herbert also calls Pip Handel instead of Pip. Pip feels that Herbert is calling him Handel, because he is a gentleman now. You can determine that they are becoming friends, because Herbert is teaching Pip things, and also telling him things about Miss Havisham. Pip finds out that Estella was brought up by Miss Havisham, to have revenge on all men. Pip also hears about how Miss Havisham was going to get married, but her husband never showed up for the wedding. Pip also realizes that with her husband not showing up for the wedding, is the reason why she acts the way she does. You could also figure out that Mr. Jaggers is a friend to Pip by the way he acts toward Pip. An example of Mr. Jaggers being a friendly person to Pip is that Mr. Jaggers gave Pip money for him to have.

Reading Assignment 4

Miss Havisham lets Pip know that he doesn't need to come anymore, because she feels he has been teached well. Dickens wants Pip to not feel so great about coming home, because he is coming home to Mrs. Joe's temper again and he wants to thank Miss Havisham. Then a journeyman named Orlick got into a fight with with Mrs. Joe and Joe. After some time, Pip then realizes that someone broke into the Gargery's house and injured Mrs. Joe. The reader then finds out that Biddy becomes part of the Gargery's house, because she is going to nurse Mrs. Joe from her injuries. Pip feels that him and Biddy are really good friends, because she has helped him in so many ways. Pip then realizes that he is going to have a new tutor named Mr. Matthew Pocket, in which he argues with Biddy, because he wants her to be his tutor like she always has. Pip also wants Biddy just to help with Mr. Joe a little. Pip then feels that Miss Havisham is such a benefit for Pip, because she has helped in many ways, in which he feels was a good thing.

Reading Assignment 3

Mr. Pumblechook towards Pip shows that he can be a friendly person to Pip, because he helps out Pip a lot. Pip arrives at Miss Havisham's and figures out that Miss Havisham is a strange lady that has strange looks. When Pip meets Estella he finds out that she is going to be playing with him, but Estella acts like Miss Havisham in which Pip is thinking about both of them. He then doesn't tell the truth about the experiences at Miss Havisham's, because he feels that he wouldn't feel understood about how she really was. Joe kind of had an idea about what Pip was talking about but he kind of knew that he was lying about it, but he wasn't about what Pip was doing. The reader should know then that Pip is reminded of the convict again, because a strange man mentions to Pip about the convict. Then Pip finds out that Camilla, Raymond, and Sarah Pocket are visiting for Miss Havisham's birthday. Dickens wants the reader to know that Miss Havisham doesn't really like her family, that is why she invites Pip to come over for her birthday. Then Pip gets into a fight with a gentleman about his age and Pip won. The reader should think that Miss Havisham is inviting Pip over, because she likes him when he is there.

Reading Assignment 2

Pip then encounters another convict, in which the reader should think that the convict is like the other one. Charles Dickens then lets the reader know how the Gargerys celebrate Christmas. They celebrate it by going to church and then having a dinner with everybody. Dickens then explains what is Pip's state of mind while the dinner is going on. The reader should think that Pip is upset, annoyed, and is being irritated by the people at the table, because he just cant take it anymore. Since Pip was being irritated he ran outside, in which he ran into soldiers, who were looking for the two convicts that escaped. While they were looking for the convicts, Pip is feeling worried and sad, because he already met these convicts and doesn't want anything to happen to them. Pip then feels that he shouldn't tell the truth about the convicts and about him taking the bread from his house to give to the convict, because he feels that a person that is starving is more important then being a bad person. The reader then figures out about how Pip didn't really have an education, but Mr. Joe was teached by Mr. Wopsle's great aunt, named Biddy. Then you find out that Pip is going to Miss Havisham's house to play and to learn.

Reading Assignment 1

When I first started reading Great Expectations, I had a general idea about Pip. The author wants the reader to feel sad because a young boy named Philip Pirrip, who likes to be called Pip, is standing in a graveyard looking at his mother and father's tombstones. In Great Expectations the word Pip, who Phillip Pirrip likes to be called, can mean so many different things. One meaning that the reader might think could be that Pip is a small boy and maybe just likes to be called that name because of that reason. Another meaning Pip could have is that its the individual rootstock of a plant that has different shrubs on it. This could mean that Pip is an individual that has many different thoughts and uses those thoughts a lot in Great Expectations. Pip lives with his sister and her husband Mr. Joe Gargery. After reading the first two chapters the reader should know that Pip is a moral character that knows good from bad. Pip's relationship with Mrs. Joe isn't that great, because she is mean to Pip, but his relationship with Mr. Joe is better, because he sticks up for Pip. The person Pip then meets in the churchyard is a convict that has an iron for his leg in which he demand Pip to fetch him a file and wittles. Then on Christmas Eve Pip had a dilemma in which he couldn't take it anymore at the dinner table and he ran outside in which he ran into the soldiers.

The Big Leap

During the end of the 18th century the Industrial Revolution occurred, it influrences the world through many social, economic, and political change. Social influences included job openings for people, but the main influence involved urbanization, which is the process of migration of from rural to urban communities. People from all over, including people who lived on the farms, moved to the city just to look for a job. The economy then started to change by people working in factories, and affecting how people used agriculture and manufacturing. The government had a big role, because they needed to set the laws and regulations for the process of production which was new, and the government had rules on what technology have been produced or was going to be produced during that period. In our society the Supreme Court is making the decision if cable systems should have all the local channels or not. Since time went by, when it reached the 20th century many new things came into our society including the start of automobile industries, and many other interesting and needed things.

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens was born on February 7th, 1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire England, UK. Charles was the son of John and Elizabeth Dickens. In 1822 Charles and his family moved to London where his father worked as a clerk. Charles had a poor family, which made Charles work then at Warren's Blacking Factory for his first job. He then finally went to school after always working, in which he went to a school in London. In 1829 he then was a reporter at Doctor's Commons Courts, and when it reached 1832 he began working for the newspaper.
In 1833 he began writing short stories, which then lead to his first published novel, Pickwick Papers, in 1836. Later in 1836 he married to Catherine Hogarth, which lasted until 1858 when they seperated. After making such a great book, he then became popular, which lead him to be full time novelist for his career. Then his career started to begin when he began to make Oliver Twist, in 1837. After Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens began to publish things monthly.
Charles then had a working vacation in the United States, but after he started writing stories about Christmas. Which then made him to make the Christmas Carol, in 1843. After having a great career in writing, he then moved in 1860. After the move, Charles then died in 1870.