In our reading this week, we learned more about Miss havisham. I don't think she was ever married because of her name, "Miss" Havisham. I wonder what happened if she was never married.
We went to the setting of a bar. At the bar, Joe is talking with two men. One man turns out to be the convict Pip had stolen from. I noticed that the author brought up that the convict kept looking at Pip in an unexplainable way. I also wondered why the convict had given Pip the money. Does Pip meeting the convict again foreshadow somewhere else n the book?
The author also takes us back to Miss Havisham's house. Dickens describes all of the guests in Miss Havisham's house as toadies and humbugs. What is a toady? What is a humbug? There was a fight too. I didn't quite understand this part. Why was the pale young gentleman in Miss Havisham's house? Pip also meets up with Estella again. I found it rather odd that Estella and Pip become such friends after Estella is so rude to Pip. I did not see the kiss coming. I was comprehending from earlier in the book that Estella and Pip weren't real close, but i was wrong.
Why did Miss Havisham invite Joe instead of Mrs. Joe? I thought Mrs. Joe would have been the one Miss Havisham would have invited.
Who exactly is Orlick? How does Orlick relate to Joe? I wonder if Orlick somehow has something to do with any of the other characters in the book.
I really like how this book is starting to become more interesting.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Great Expectations (pg.55 11/1/10)
At the start of this book, we meet a young, lonely boy named Pip. Pip is a boy who has no one but his sister, Mrs. Joe, left for him. Being raised by his sister, Pip never really gets any attention. Pip's parents died when he was younger. I wonder how his parents died. Was it from disease, another person, or age?
Pip goes out to visit his parents' graves and a scary, gaunt man comes up to him. Why is this man here? What right does he have to be there if Pip can't? The old man ordered Pip to run and get him some supplies. Will Pip try to find the items the man needs, or will he just ignore the scary man and try to avoid him?
Later in this section, we met Mrs. Havisham. Pip's sister believes Pip should join Mrs. Havisham when she asks for some company.
Charles Dickens does a nice job of describing Mrs. Havisham's house. He describes it as pitch dark and only the light of a candle can show them around.
At the start of this book, we meet a young, lonely boy named Pip. Pip is a boy who has no one but his sister, Mrs. Joe, left for him. Being raised by his sister, Pip never really gets any attention. Pip's parents died when he was younger. I wonder how his parents died. Was it from disease, another person, or age?
Pip goes out to visit his parents' graves and a scary, gaunt man comes up to him. Why is this man here? What right does he have to be there if Pip can't? The old man ordered Pip to run and get him some supplies. Will Pip try to find the items the man needs, or will he just ignore the scary man and try to avoid him?
Later in this section, we met Mrs. Havisham. Pip's sister believes Pip should join Mrs. Havisham when she asks for some company.
Charles Dickens does a nice job of describing Mrs. Havisham's house. He describes it as pitch dark and only the light of a candle can show them around.
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