Great Expectations Pg113, Nov 9th

In this reading of Great Expectations, Pip still thinks of himself as uncommon. He goes to the Three Jolly Bargemen with Joe and friends. Pip gets the feeling one of the gentleman sitting with them has a dislike for Pip. He gives him a stare that looks as if he is aiming a gun at Pip. A while later the strange man gives Pip a shilling wrapped in two one-pound notes. This gives the reader a chance to predict that the man might or will show up later in the book.

When Pip is with Estella she thinks of him as a bad kid. The man on the stairs also thinks the same way about him. He says, “You behave yourself.” Why does he automatically assume he is the bad kid? A majority of the characters in the book think of him as the kid who always gets into trouble. Pip is not the worst person in this book.

The author must have really thought hard to think of a character like Mrs. Havisham. She is creepy, but enjoyable. She is not someone who would imbue another. She makes the reader think of what you would do if you ever met someone like Mrs. Havisham. So far, she is one of my favorite characters in the book. Mrs. Havisham is a unique woman because of her home. Her home is stuck in time from her wedding night. The cake on the table has never been touched except by the mice and insects roaming her home.

Mrs. Havisham treats Pip almost like a son. She doesn’t see him as the boy who always gets into trouble. When she sends Pip away to go with Joe, Pip seems to feel she gave him away. She said she was Pip’s master and gave Pip to Joe. By doing this she said Joe was Pip’s new master. Joe and Pip were talking about Pip visiting Mrs. Havisham because Pip had never thanked her. Joe said she probably would not want a visit.

Mr. Jaggers is a lawyer from London who is in town to be involved in solving the murder case. He visits with Joe and Pip and tells Pip that he will receive a great deal of money for educational purposes. Joe and Biddy seem to be quite cruel to Pip at the end of the reading. They seem to talk about him in mean ways. Pip knows they talk about him, but they should learn not to talk about him like that, especially Joe, who is the closest to Pip.