Skits

When Pip goes to Mrs. Havisham's house. Talk about how when he walks into her weird house and meets her. I think that this would be funny and a good important scene to act out especially with good acting!

When Estella told Pip that she was not meant for him and she was going to marry Drummle. This takes place at Mrs. Havisham's house. This is one of the really important scenes where Pip finds out that the girl he really liked doesn't feel the same way. This would be a good dramatic skit to act out.

When Mrs. Havisham catches on fire and starts to yell in a dramatic funny way. I think that this would be a very funny scene to act out especially if someone is very dramatic and serious about the part!

Question #2

In chapter 40 on page 332 they are talking about a guy named Mr. Provis. They say "I resolved to call him by that name, who reserved his consent to Herbert's participation until he should have seen him and formed a favourable judgment of his physiognomy." My question is who is Mr. Provis?

Question

One thing that i don't understand in this book is how Pip and Estella are not really together. He has always talked about how beautiful she is and perfect, but then they don't get together. Why is this? It seems like she isn't into him as much as he is too her which may be a problem for them.Things like this happen in everyday life, but why not have it happen in the book?

Photo for Great Expectations

I chose the image of a lion cub and its parent because Pip first started out as a little boy and wasn't sure how he was going to grow up. But then a grew into something bigger that decided what he wanted to do, which was be a gentleman. A lion cub starts out weak and doesn't know how to catch its prey or defend for itself at first but then when it grows into something more strong and fierce other animals become afraid. Pip is just like a fierce lion looking for something to catch in his grasp.

Great Expectations: Quote

In the quote, Pip is thinking about a certain day that he remembers. He remembers that day because there were many events that took place. I think that the quote when it says "the long chain of iron or gold" its meaning that things can go on for a while even if its good or bad. When it says "thorns" it means the bad events that may come your way; when "flowers" means happy events that could come your way. Pip also discovers something on this day, that he wants to become something more than a blacksmith.

The event that began the chain of my life would have to be when i first moved to Centennial Elementary School. I got to pick my teacher and i picked her because she was pretty! It was the beginning of 3rd grade and this school was all new to me. But i met some of my really close friends at that school which I'm still close friends with all of them. All of my friends from that school all were on a soccer team and i decided that i would join that team to make some new friends and try a new sport. I joined the soccer team and had a BLAST! Ever since that day i have been the person that i am today, a girl with a best friend named Katherine Frank and a passion for soccer.

Group Essay: Nikki H, Madison, and I

The topic of my paragraph is about marriage and how it has changed from the Victorian Era all the way till now. Such as the expectations, judgments, and how married couples treated each other when they were married. The first topic that I will be talking about is when Algernon tells Jack marriage is a business instead of pleasure. Next, I will be talking about when Lady Bracknell says "An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant, or unpleasant. Lastly, I will be talking about when Algernon says "Divorces are made in heaven."

All of those different quotes have to do with different opinions on marriage and how much differently people expected marriage to be. Like for example marriage is more of a pleasure than a business if you think about how people would look at it. They had different things that were expected of them and were needed from them in order to have a marriage happen.

The Importance of Being Earnest

When we first started doing to Victorian Era questions project i was really confused and wasn't sure on what to do. But then i started to get into the whole thing once i got how to do it. Eventually i have questions popping into my head that i could use. When you told us that we were going to read the book The Importance of Being Earnest in a way i was excited since i learned so much from doing the questions for it. The research really helped me on how their life was back then and how many different stereotypes or rules that were compared to the current days.

When i started to read the book it helped me a lot more from the questions to understand the book. If we wouldn't have had the whole assignment of doing the questions then i wouldn't know the whole story behind some of the people in the story or how different their life was compared to now. The one thing that i find interesting about this book is how they always seem to put down marriage like when Lady Bracknell says "I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know everything or nothing" on page 24, I think that she is saying that the ladies may want to be either smarter then them or them be smarter than the men are. Marriage has changed since the Victorian Era.