Pick a setting from the book!! Explain how and what it adds to the book. Interpret the setting you choose and go into great detail.
Go the extra mile.........suggest a setting that would have better supported the book and explain why you choose it!!!
Life is what you make it!!!!
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Brandon Flynt 3rd period
ReplyDeletePip thinks of London like an escape from the rural area he was in previously. I find this setting as odd because unlike most settings, it is basically what Pip (and the reader)expected it to be like. I found the song Sin City by AC/DC (below), and thought that it was a good representation of what Pip perspective is.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyBB1HXnG7c
Allie Campbell, 7th period
ReplyDeleteI love the setting of Wemmick's house. The details that Dickens use to support this setting are amazing! I think it is really important to character development. Before the introduction of his home, we only knew Wemmick from his workplace. The way that he is so proud of his little "castle" shows a lot about his character. He has made a drawbridge, and even though the chasm is only two feet deep and four feet wide, Wemmick is so proud of it. Pip even comments on the "pride" it brings Wemmick to hoist the bridge. The house is kind of like a diamond in the rough. The "neighborhood" is considered "retired" and kind of dull, but Wemmick's house is the best it can be. He proves he pours his heart into it when he says, "I am my own engineer, and my own carpenter, and my own plumber, and my own gardener, and my own jack of all trades." But not only does the house give Wemmick character, but Wemmick gives the house character. Another part of the setting is the aged parent. In a way, since he doesn't leave, the father IS a part of the house. Other things that make the house setting special are: that it is in a plot of gardens, it is small but so beautiful, Gothic windows and doors, a real flag staff, the sound of the cannon, the animals and cucumbers in the back, the water with the island, the fountain, and the mill.
Fabrice De Miguel Wombel 1st period
ReplyDeleteThe setting i chose was of course the village where Pip was raised. First it's just there to represent that ohhh these guys are just common people because of where they live. But as the main character, who is Pip, travels farther away from home the reader comes to realize that it has a sentimental value which is greater to whomever was raised or born there. Really its not the place but what kind of people make up that area friendly and gentle people, or rude and rough crowd. A setting is almost always related to a character's identity. That's why you begin to sense a change of behaviors in him due to his hanging out with people of higher class. He begins to have more expensive taste. Becomes more arrogant and less humble. New settings and new group of people have already begun to change Pip's identity.
Allie Campbell, 7th period
ReplyDeleteI wrote a dramatic monologue from the viewpoint of Estella in the earlier chapters.
Breeaaaak his heart.
Breeaaaak his heart.
What is this supposed to mean to me?
I respect her. I do.
But my life,
is not her life.
Maybe I'm not as naive as she was.
Perhaps, I secretly love the common boy.
Maybe.
Just maybe.
I suppose I believe I know his intentions.
I suppose he means no harm.
Out of obedience,
I will break his heart.
Whether I want to...
or not.
Someday I'll dream outside the gates of the "enough house".
I'll make my own decisions.
But until then, I'll breeaaaak his heart.
Kate Deter, 7th period:
ReplyDeleteI think that all of Dickens' settings were well chosen. Each one could represent a part of Pip.
The first one, Joe's house and smithy, could represent Pip's blissful ignorance of the upper class; he's struggling but growing stronger because of it (Mrs. Joe goes on the rampage, and that makes his skin, moral, etc. tougher).
Next comes Miss Havisham's, representing dark inner feelings. Just like how everything came to a screeching halt at the altar, Pip realizes that he doesn't want to become a blacksmith like Joe. He feels resentment for how ignorant Joe is (specifically why Joe didn't teach him that the Jack is actually called the Knave). He also feels anger at Estella for treating him so poorly, for toying with his emotions.
Now we come to London, a filthy, dirty, somewhat villainous place. This reflects what Pip's heart looks like now: black and dirty, thinking he is better than those he grew up with because he now has money and is getting educated; he's becoming a gentleman.
The dorm is dingy, but it's a place to relax and have fun. It brings to mind the saying "don't judge a book by its cover," just as there may be more to Pip than we realize right now.
Mr Wemmick's castle is another one. It can symbolize how Pip seemed to have locked up his emotions and his past. But just as the castle's moat isn't very good, Pip's feelings and background come leaking out at times.
The Pocket house represents turmoil. Pip is at a difficult place right now. High society has not lived up to his expectations. Plus, there's the chaos of studying, still being "gentlemanly" and spending money, visiting Mr Jaggers and Mr Wemmick, being friends with Herbert, Startop, and Drummle (sort of), and STILL keep his background from "keeping him back."
Mike Drinkwater, 2nd period
ReplyDeleteThe city of london. At first Pip (and the reader) think that london will be a grand ole place, that is all special and cool when in fact it ends up being sort of run down and messy. I think they chose the city of london to kind of put into the reader's mind that not all is perfect. Like wemmick said to pip that there are many people there that will cheat, rob, and/or murder you. I'd have to say that it is a perfect city for this book because it kind of shows that good things can come from unexpected places.
Sidd Meka 2nd Period-
ReplyDeleteWhen Pip first thinks about London, he pictures a big, beautiful place. When Pip finally arrives there, he quickly realizes that it wasn't as he pictured it to be. The London Pip is seeing is filled with robbers and crooks. The London Pip pictured was a place filled with gentlemen everywhere you look and the houses are like mansions. The setting adds some irony to the book because Pip was always thinking about becoming a gentleman in London before he went there, but once he finally got there he had some second thoughts. One setting that would to the book would be Pip going to France because that is where Estella is. It would add suspense to what Pip would do around Estella while learning to become a gentleman at the same time.
Matt Stout 7th period
ReplyDeleteSetting is more than just a place it can be a time. The time of Great Expectations is from the 1820's-1830's through chapter 28. This adds to Great Expectations because during dickens child hood his father went to debter's prison for 3 mounthes. Dickens got to expeirence the being poor by working in a factory labling bottles. In the 1820's and 1830's England was begging to change from a 2 class system to a 3 class system.In Pips expeirences so far Charles Dickens has walked us as the odience trough the lower country class and the lower part of the high class which is begging to form a 3rd class. This is the importance of the 1820's and 1830's as a setting. I think a setting of the 1600's would have been better for great expectations b ecause it would have been able to show more a defference between the classes. Since the setting is in the 1820's and 1830's there is less of a difference between the classes.
Hannah Kuzel, period 3
ReplyDeleteI think London is a really good setting. It just represents the whole book and its title. Great Expectations. Pip's expectations for the city of London are high. So high, that when he gets there and sees this city and the people in it, he is disappointed. He is also disgusted. London is dirty and grimy, and infested with bugs and rodents. This is definitely not where Pip expected himself, a "gentleman," would be living.
Sidd Meka 2nd Period-
ReplyDeleteExtra Credit Poem:
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
This poem relates to Great Expectations because the narrator sounds like it can be Pip who is saying the poem. When it says the the roads the diverged, the roads could be the journey to become a gentleman and staying a blacksmith. So knowing Pip, of course he would go down the road to become a gentleman. After analyzing the rest of the poem, I can tell you that Pip's journey to becoming a gentleman is going to be like the poem. When the poem says "the one less traveled by", they are talking about the road to becoming a gentleman.
Isabel Babb
ReplyDelete7th period :)
The setting i chose was the graveyard in the first scene of the book. The graveyard doesnt play a huge part in this story, yet it mean more symbollicly. Graveyards are common allusions of death in one world but a new beggining some where else just as Pip does when many times throughout the book. For example, when he wants to leave the blacksmith carrerr and become a scholar. Also, when he leaves for London, he literally puts his old life to death. New doors ae constantly opening for Pip to succeed in his new life. Not only that, but in the dismal, creepy, dark graveyard Pip met the first person, the convict, who made him betray his family. Now, i dont knowif this has anyhing to do with it, but so far everyone who has made Pip turn against his family has been found in simal, dark places. For example, Miss Havisham. Mr Jaggers also has a dismal room, i wonder if anything bad will come from him?
Extra Credit:
http://www.kamranweb.com/blog/tag-your-pals-on-facebook.html (the 1st photo, not the second one)
I use to see this photo all over facebook and I realized that the Great Expectation Charecters could be tagged in this photo. (I used some chaecters more than once). Imagine it like Pip tagged the people.
The Good Guy- Joe
The Long Distance Friend- Pumblechook
The one with the cute baby- Mrs. Pocket
The one whos always smiling- Mrs. Coiler
The one you can depend on-Jaggers
The flirt-Estella
The work buddy-Herbert
The pretty one-Estella
The Hopeless romantic-Miss Havisham
The sarcastic one-Mrs. Joe
The pinky-swear friend- Convict
The good friend-Biddy
The funny one-Wemmick
The political guru-Mr. Wopsle
Jessica Evans-7th Period!!
ReplyDeleteI love the graveyard scenes! That is my favorite setting because graveyard resemble death, but in the book, the graveyard is always where the introduction of new characters happens. So where as in modern times we think of the ending of a life or burden, Dickens thought of the graveyard as a place to begin a story in a way.
At the end of the post, it says life's what you make it! and that reminded me of the Hannah Montana song: Life's What you make It!
so heres the link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCVEGfOjG0Q
Lindsey Thrift, 1st Period.
ReplyDeleteMiss Havisham's house truly is an important setting throughout the book. Experineces Pip had while he was there still influence his actions and thought processes while he is in London. In fact he couldn't have even gotten to London if he had never been to visit Miss Havisham, since as far as we are in the book, we still have every reason to believe that Miss Havisham was still playing the role of "fairy godmother" to Pip by paying for him to learn to be a gentleman. Estella being back at Miss Havisham's also strongly influences Pip to go back to the place near where he grew up and see the girl he has been dreaming about for so long. Who knows if Pip ever would have returned to a premisis so near to Joe, Mrs. Joe, and Biddy if the girl he thought he loved so much wasn't nearby...
Without that setting in the book, many parts would change and the book would become quite dull. Miss Havisham's adds that certain pizazz that the book had been desperately needing. The lady in the yellowed wedding dress wanting to pay for a young boy who came to her house to play everyday is quite peculiar. It helps add more mystery and many more unanswered questions that readers should have about the story.
In my opinion, the story would have been enhanced even more if Pip traveled to Estella's actual parents' home where Estella might have grown up. We know that Estella has been adopted by Miss Havisham, explaining why she lives with her, but we don't know what happened to Estella's parents. When visiting the place where Estella grew up, Pip might make some sort of connection about why she truly acts the way she does. Hopefully that will be a setting later on in the book, but until then, the readers can only imagine what strange events that could possibly take place in Estella's home.
Hannah Kuzel, period 3 - Extra Credit
ReplyDeleteJar of Hearts by Christina Perri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvnASKvi2H8
When I hear this song, I think of Ms. Havisham. "Who do you think you are, running around leaving scars." I feel like this is Ms. Havisham talking to the jerk who stood her up on her wedding day. This is like her saying, how could you do this to me? "Don't come back for me, don't come back at all." If that man ever came back to Ms. Havisham, which probably won't happen because that was a long time ago, but I can't see her ever forgiving him. She is too independent and dignified. He ruined her life, she's not taking him back. "Collecting your jar of hearts, and tearing love apart." This could be more talking about Ms. Havisham's and Estella's relationship. Like Ms. Havisham is really ruining love for Estella. She says breeaaaak his heart. What if Estella doesn't want to? Ms. Havisham is turning Estella into a little mini-me. Ms. Havisham is a heart breaker, and now so is Estella. I feel like Estella is better than that, she can do better than that.
RJ Brown
ReplyDelete7th period.
i think the city of London is the best setting Dickens chose for this book. Pip thinks this is an escape from all the misery, and seeing people suffer. When he gets there he sees all the dirty streets and the poor and homeless people and will soon realize that no matter where he may try to go, he can never escape the place that has made him the person he is. Home will always follow him wherever he goes and no matter how much he may not like it, It's where he was raised.There are still murderers, criminals, and thieves in London, like Wemmick told Pip. there are bad people everywhere, you cannot escape that.
Areesh Zindani 1st Period
ReplyDeleteI chose the setting of London. London represents a new beginning, a new family, and a new life for Pip. It a new beginning because he leaves behind everybody he loves, Joe, Mrs. Joe, and Biddy. He meets new people in London who kind of turn into his new family like Herbert does. He has a chance to do what he has wanted to do for a while, and become uncommon. He gets to leave behind his life as a common blacksmith, and learn how to become a gentleman. I think this is the most significant setting in the whole book that we have seen so far. I think it is going to impact him greatly. It will change who Pip is and the way he acts forever.
Jenna Medcalf 3rd Period
ReplyDelete(Extra Credit)
When Mrs. Hedrick went over the rules for what we could do for this blog assignment a song that accurately depicts Pip and his relationship with Estella immediately came to mind. The song is 'You Stupid Girl' by the American alt-rock group Framing Hanley. I think that the words in the chorus really describe Pip's feelings for Estella and how he may subconsciously know that she could be his undoing:
You are my world, my everything
You stupid girl
You will be the death of me
So let me go, just let me be
You stupid girl
I love the way you're killing me
Pip would do anything to be with Estella, even though it is obvious that she is horrible and would never be good for him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vczg6NuKH2A
(Lyrics in the description)
Another song, 'I'm Alright' by the Welsh group Stereophonics came to mind when I thought about Pip's devotion to Estella. The song talks about doing anything to make their 'significant other' content and I reckon that Pip would (and most likely will) do the same for Estella.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSEyutsGezY
(Lyrics in the description)
Yusra Asif, 1st period!
ReplyDeleteWe talked today of Miss. Havisham being the fairy godmother. Her house, however, does not suggest that. It is no Cinderella castle. The “Enough” house is gloomy, dark, and just not very prospering, you know? The meaning of the house even suggests that word "enough"- what Pip has right now is enough, and he needs no more. You wouldn’t to gain wishes there. The front door has chains across it-symbolically saying, DO NOT ENTER! Miss. Havisham’s room has no light, no hope, and no foreshadowed fortunes (at that time, which is chapter 8).
Dickens plays irony over here. When I first read about Miss. Havisham’s house, I thought of one word: bad. Now, however, her house is fairyland. He is going to become a gentleman! Even if this is not good, he at least gains all sorts of friends: Mr. Wemmick, Herbert, and Mr. Pocket. He is definetly gaining knowledge.
Her house is a very symbolic setting. We don’t know yet if it represents the good or the bad.
It certainly creates interesting scenes throughout the novel.
Amira Yanni, 7th Period.
ReplyDeleteI think "Enough House" is a great setting because that is where Pip realizes that he is not enough. He realizes he is lower than everyone through the lifestyle Estella and Ms. Havinsham have. I don't the name really fits, for Estella eventually leaves. Why would she stay in the house that wasn't enough for her? So she leaves. Ms. Havinsham only has herself and Estella. When Estella leaves, that will not be enough for her, either. Will the house ever live up to its name?
EC:
http://www.theatermania.com/news/images/9480a.jpg
This picture shows Estella and Pip playing cards. You can see the way that the ladies hold themselves show their un-common ways. They radiate high superiority. Pip looks poor because his shirt looks creased and dirty. What is really interesting is how Ms. Havinsham is looking at them smiling! Does she see something she likes? We know that Pip thinks he is meant to me trained as a gentleman to marry Estella. This picture leaves you hanging, wondering what is really the case in this book.
Arnelle Obode 2nd
ReplyDeleteI believe that London is a perfect place to set the scene, mainly for the hidden irony that will follow. If it was set somewhere like downtown, then the events following would be a little too cliche. Pip thinks that he has escaped his problems, but London is about to give him a big surprise.
Arnelle Obode 2nd
ReplyDeleteExtra Credit!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfzmVUrZplw
Not only do I truly enjoy this song, but it makes me think of the past, the present, and the future. Pip was so excited about London, now he can be away from his problems, now he can be the gentleman that he always wanted to be, and he overhyped the thought of it, but when he arrived, he realized that London was not as glamorous as he expected. But was his old way of life really as bad as he thought it was? Is his new way of life any better? I think that London will be the place where he can reflect on his life, but for now, he really does not know what to expect or what fate holds for him in the near future as he resides in this city.
Ryan Whitfield 7th Period
ReplyDeleteEXTRA CREDIT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzZ_urpj4As
This is a link to the song The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson. In the music video, this situation reminds me of Pip and Estella's "relationship". Throughout the whole video, the girl was trying to get away from Michael Jackson because she didn't feel the same way about him. This can be related to Estella trying to escape Pip's love and deeply hurting his feelings. However, in the end, it shows Michael Jackson getting the girl to love him. This gave me the idea that Estella may have an e"pip"phany that she really cares for him.
Claire Sammons
ReplyDelete3rd Period
I think that the setting of the garden at Miss Havisham's is really descriptive and symbolic. It really make the reader wonder whether its all just an illusion or it's real life. In the beginning of his visits to Miss Havisham's, he saw an image of her being hung in the gated garden area. He obviously believes that this view is a hallucination because he sees her in a normal state the next visit.
However, everything in this courtyard is not an illusion because he gets into a quarrel with a pale, young gentleman, and then it ends up being Herbert Pocket. They both remember the situation clearly and laugh it off, so it definitely happened.
It really makes you ponder if the courtyard is symbolic for Miss Havisham...Is she real or simply a figmant of his imagination?
Is this whole story just a figmant of his imagination?
THIS is why I like this garden/courtyard area.
Katherine Read; 2nd period.
ReplyDeleteI think that London is the perfect place for Pip's coming of age because in a city that large, nearly anything could happen. In a metaphorical sense, London represents Pip's heart. When Pip thinks of London at first, he thinks it's a good place just like he believes he has a good heart. But once he gets there, he sees what a filthy place it is and it's not the spectacular wonderland he expected it to be and hopefully he is starting to realize that he is not the great person he thought he was.
Ashley Wilson- 2nd period
ReplyDeleteLondon is a perfect setting that describes the title "Great Expectations". Pip expects a shining city with smiling people and a happy, go-lucky lifestyle. Once he arrives however, Pip realizes how dirty and disgusting the place is. I like how Katherine Read (2nd period) relates the city to Pip. He thinks that he is great and that the city will be fantastic, but he sees the trashed streets and perhaps he will recognize that he does have faults, other than the non-gentlemanly faults.
Robert Cunningham, Period 3- EXTRA CREDIT
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsT2URr1Igc
This song really reminds me of how Miss Havisham has held on to her past. She has kept the memory of how she was stood up on her wedding day. To commemorate this moment, she stopped every clock in her house at twenty minutes to nine, the exact time she received the message. She MUST move on to live a happier life.
The opening verse of this song says "let it go, let it roll right off your shoulder, don't you know, that the hardest part is over." This verse is saying that you have to forget the past and move on. The hardest part was when she was stood up, but for Miss Havisham to have that affect her for that long is unhealthy. The next lines say "let it in, let your clarity define you, in the end, you will only just remember how it feels." This is saying that you must be strong to move on from heartbreak. Miss Havisham has shown a weakness in letting this hurt her, and she is releasing her anger through Estella, her mini-me.
The chorus is the most important lines of all:
"Our lives are made in these small hours
These little wonders these twists and turns of fate
Time falls away, but these small hours
These small hours still remain"
Ah, what inspiring words! This stanza says we will always remember certain things that happen in our lives, and these moments all happen in a small time span, which is reminiscent to the words "these small hours". They stick with us for a lifetime and we can't seem to forget them. We have to learn to move on and look ahead. Miss Havisham must leave her past behind and live her last few years of life to the fullest.
*I also thought about how the song was talking about time and how clocks play a major role in Miss Havisham's character.
**Pip also holds on to his past (the convict incident and loving Estella)
Listen to the song again, thinking about the lyrics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsT2URr1Igc
Moya Tomlin 1st period
ReplyDeleteI think that London symbolizes Pip's escape from his "common" life and then realizes that it's not all that it's made u to be,a dn the filth that he sees is like the saying "filthy rich" in a sense because he thinks that he'll get money and Estella by being a gentleman in London. His house by the marshes is his common past. The mist that always seems to be there is like the ignorance of Pip and his household.
Erika Sutton, 2nd Period
ReplyDeleteI think that the homes of Pip, Jaggers, and Wemmick really add to the character development of the story. They're homes and where they come from all readers to reall see the character for who he/she is. Pip tries to hide where he comes from when he goes to London, but based on how he acts and his appearance, his roots can still be seen. Pip may act like he's better than the rest of his family now that he money, but it's not who he really is. When Wemmick is at his "castle" a happier, more care free person is seen. Jaggers still acts the same as he does at work, but his home is where he can relieve the stress of the day and relax. In a nutshell, these settings show readers a different side of the characters. I think that Estella's past would really add to the book because I don't really know who she is. The Estella I see is being controlled or raised to be a certain by Ms.Havisham, but is that really who she is?
Robert Cunningham, 3rd Period
ReplyDeleteThe scenes in the marshes are my favorite. The marshlands are the total opposite of London. London is known as a suspicious and mysterious city where you have to always watch your back, while the marshlands, seem to have an eerie type of innocence.This innocence is broken when Pip meets his convict and when he encounters the second convict. This setting makes the story very interesting and you don't know what to expect.
Not knowing what to expect is very similar to the mist in the marshlands. The mist gives you a feeling of being lost, much like Pip is while in London. It seems as if everything goes back to the marsh scene in some way.
Melissa Barry
ReplyDelete3rd Period
My favorite setting in the book so far is Wemmick's house. The detailed descriptions about how it looks like a castle, and even the add-on effects of how to get there, make it seem like something out of a fairy-tale. I also like how Wemmick seems like a man who concentrates on only his job, but in reality, his house shows how much time he has put aside for matters other than work. The descriptions and excitement he shows about his house and his father are a great representation of how Wemmick actually is a "real" person with emotions and other characteristics rather than just his career.
This also reminds me of one of the themes from "The Odyssey", time still goes on. It's not a direct representation of this theme, but the fact that Wemmick has been working alongside Jaggers for so long and he still has a house, family, and personal life on the side reminds me of this. Jaggers probably doesn't know much about Wemmick's life at home, which is why I think that the theme has a connection.
Sheridan Schuster, 1st period
ReplyDeleteThe most memorable setting/scene for me would have to be in the first scene in the book when Pip meets the convict in the graveyard. Dickens sets up such a good image and mood for this setting. It is eerie, scary, and unpredictable. I remember Dickens mentioning the convict was eating his food and constantly worrying about what was behind him and around the corner. Also, the cannon fires remind the convicts of the terrible place they escaped from- the Hulks. These were the ships convicts were takin on and were treated badly. They never want to go there again! However, they unfortunately return back, and it is mostly Pip's fault. He never tells anybody about what happened or what he did relating with the convicts. He has to live with this decision for the rest of his life, and ironically it comes back to bite him!
Anthony Choo 2nd Period
ReplyDeleteI believe the home of Mrs. Havisham plays a huge role within the story. The clocks in Mrs. Havisham's room have stopped when Mrs. Havisham read the letter of her boyfriend who wrote that he would not be able to marry her. Thus, the clocks and the wedding preparations were all stopped and left at where they were at. This sounds more like Pip's life or his great expectations. I predict that once he has finally achieved his goal, he will fall because of a beloved friend. Although in Pip's perspective, the clocks are still moving, I think that one day, he will learn betrayal and true grudge and when that day comes, the clocks at his time will stop. Everything will rot and his life will turn into darkness. Similar to how Mrs. Havisham is living, a world that has ceased its continuation of living and has turned into what we might call, Hell. Although this setting may sound mysterious and somehow contradicts the title, I believe it adds a sense of irony and disappointment. However, I also suggest that there would be a new setting. I may go too far into the end of the book which I have not read yet, but I believe this would be the perfect setting for the ending. I suggest a setting where, if my predictions are true and Pip's clocks does stop ticking, a place like Africa. This may sound absurd, but if you think about it, now Africa is suffering from diseases and outbreaks but this has been going on for a long time already and yet nothing has changed. Likewise, it seems like time has stopped. I believe back in the time of Charles Dickens, Africa was being colonized and taken slaves from, but it is still the same as today. Africa is still suffering not from slavery, but now from disease. Charles Dickens will probably state "Africa" as an unknown island or location where Pip has traveled to. All the way to a river bank, Pip sees his expression in the river: lonely, depressed, and regret. Pip sits there alone, waiting for someone to pick him back up. Like how Mrs. Havisham was looking for someone to play with, Pip will start to look for someone not to play with, but to pick him back up.
Joseph Ryan McLane Sr., 7th Period
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAPnvaf_dLI&feature=related
Instead of posting the lyrics on here, there is a area below with the lyrics (it is a drop down section thingy). Here is my analysis:
The overall point of the song in relativity is telling about Pips relation to Estella and how he keeps coming back and can see the good in her after she has been given a 'broken wing' by miss havisham.
The song begins with a 'she' who "packs a loaded gun, sets fire to anyone." Now Estella doesn't literally do this, but you can see the resemblance and how she does get mad and annoy Pip for reasons bestowed upon her by Miss Havisham. The rest of the verse is pretty self explanatory with Pip not wanting Estella to walk away. And for the chorus, it tells how Estella can change over time.
The next verse it is the same exact lyrics basically but instead of 'she' there is a 'he.' This shows the "loaded gun" Pip carries with him when others try to take Estella from him.
The song is really self explanatory, you can easily see the resemblance between Broken Wing by Thousand Foot Krutch and Pip and Estella's little love story in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
Kathryn McKibben-1st/Hayley Doyle-2nd
ReplyDeleteH: Hey Kathryn! Wanna post a casual conversation between us friends? :)
K: OF COURSE HAYLEY!!!!! THERE'S NOTHING I'D RATHER DO MORE!!!! :D :D
H: ....okay....sooooo, what's your favorite part of this awesomely, spectacular, irresistable, amazing, intriquing, funtastic, exciting, suspenseful, breath-taking, intensely worded, and "great" book??? I have great expectations for a greatly expected great answer.
K: WOW!!!!! Those were some great adjectives!! :D But I'd have to say I enjoyed the setting that Dicken's used for Mr. Jaggers' house.
H: Why's that?????! :O
K: It was a "great" *wink, wink* contrast to Wemmick's house! :D
H: OOOOHHHH! Wemmick's house was soooooooo inviting, homely, and unique!!! And then there's Jaggers..........bum bum buuuuummmmm
K: HAHAHAHA!!!! YOU'RE A BUM!!!!!
H: YOUR MOM'S A BUM!!!! XD
K: ......Anyway, I think we should get back to the point ^
H: Nice "point" symbol...
K: Thanks. :D But, as I was saying, Jaggers' house is plain and seemingly unlived in.
H: Oh, so you get an unwelcoming feeling, do you? O__O
K: *murmurs* you must be used to that feeling...
H: What was that? :|
K: Nothing... ^.^
H: Anyway, so you're implying that Mr. Wemmick and Mr. Jaggers are opposites? :O
K: YEAH!!!! THEY'RE FOIL CHARACTERS!!!!
H: Aluminum foil???? :O
K: Oh, Hayley, you obviously haven't met Ms. Hedrick!!!! :D
H: How did we get onto aluminum foil??? Well, back to the setting, so, why else did you choose Jaggers' house as the setting?
K: Well, you see, the setting of Jaggers' house really represents what he is like as a person. This is the same for the setting of Wemmick's house.
H: Cool beans yo!!!! :D
K: ...Jaggers is a very business-oriented man, and even when he is at his home, his life is still revolved around his work.
H: You're saying that Jaggers' house is like an office away from an office?
K: THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I AM SAYING!!!!! I AM SO GLAD YOU UNDERSTAND!!!! *sobs uncontrollaby*
H: *murmurs* Somebody's got emotional problems....Sooooo, what is the overall significance of this setting???
K: Well, the reader really gets to understand what Jaggers is like as a person.
H: Right on dude! And I believe that the characteristics of Mr. Jaggers, that we learn by the setting of his house, may play a "great" role later on in the story. ;)
K: ME TOO!!!! :D This setting introduces the idea of doubles in the novel which may come back later on in the story.
H: I guess we'll just have to wait and see! :D
K: *snores*
H: KATHRYN!!!!!!!
K: *wipes drool*
H: Wemmick (we make) a "great" team!!! ;D
K: ....
H: Come on Kathryn, don't be an Estella.
K: *talks to self* I'm gonna Jagger (Jab her)...
H: What was that? O___O
K: Nothing. Do you wanna "have-a-sham" (Havisham)? ;D
H: I'm sorry Kathryn, but I must "bid-thee" (Biddy) goodbye!
K: Ok. :( I need to eat, "or lick" this ice cream anyway. :P
H: Hasta la vista baby. :)
K: DON'T JOE-I MEAN GO!!!
H: ....
Alex Ruddick 7th Period
ReplyDeleteI believe that the setting of the graveyard is the most important and interesting location so far in the novel. First of all, it sets up the tone of the novel by creating the sense of dark and slightly depressing. The motif of the cemetery is used effectively to create the tone by letting the reader know that Pip has no parents. In addition, the convict shows up here, which creates a sense of danger.
Maddie Pannell, 2nd Period
ReplyDeleteI adore Mr. Wemmick's house and how he calls it "the castle." He always seems so serious at work, but this place shows his soft side. His home is pretty small, yet elegant. He decorates it and takes pride in all of its entirety. It may not be a mansion with fancy paintings and furniture, but he's perfectly content with what he has. It accentuates his whole personality and behavior.
Also, it relates to his job in a way. He may be only a clerk, but he's satisfied. He doesn't run around town like Jaggers, and he doesn't have the top job of that business. Yet he works there as a clerk and doesn't complain one bit. He gets his work done with his best effort, then leaves and becomes his real self.
He doesn't have to have the biggest and most glamorous things, yet he is satisfied and proud of what he does have.
I love how his home perfectly portrays his real feelings and his personal life.
Also, I love how Dickens showed a great contrast between the homes of Jaggers and Wemmick. Just as they are different in their personalities, they shows differences in their homes. Wemmick has decorated his place just as he likes it and is proud of every nail and board in the place. Jaggers, on the other hand, only uses a few rooms in his house and does not decorate very much at all. He doesn't show any love for his place.
Wemmick treats his as a home, while Jaggers only treats his as a house.
This shows something about how they interact with Pip. Wemmick opens up to Pip and is very friendly. Jaggers does slightly open up by inviting Pip and his roommates to dinner, but he still is too business-like and doesn't really make personal connections with Pip.
Your home really does show what you're like as a person, and how you feel about and see things in your everyday life.
Ben Tesema- 3rd period
ReplyDeleteExtra Credit:
In the beginning of "Great Expectations," Dickens helps the reader to understand the characters and relate to them, but have you noticed Joe Gargery resembles most personalities of Forrest Gump? Forrest had been told, at a young age, that his IQ was below average, unlike Joe, who just didn't get educated as a boy. But they do have something in common! Later in the movie, Forrest starts to run around the country, showing he was exceptional at running; while Joe's passion is being a blacksmith. Even though they both came from different backgrounds, they still found what they had been looking for all along. Forrest married the love of his life, Jenny, while Joe married his love, Georgiana. Another coincidence is Jenny and Georgiana both get ill...! Jenny ends up dieing at the end, but I hope it won't be the same way for Mrs. Joe. D:
Ryan Whitfield 7th Period
ReplyDeleteOne of the most significant settings in the book, in my opinion, is the city of London. Pip imagines London as a place where everything is great and wonderful; a place where gentlemen will be roaming the nice clean streets. However, London didn't live up to his "Great Expectations". In fact, it was just the opposite of what Pip had in mind. The streets were filthy and filled with the homeless and destitute. Charles Dickens does a fantastic job using irony to lure the readers into a mood of disappointment and despair. This made me feel like I was the one actually experiencing Pip's emotions.
Alec Browning, 7th period.
ReplyDeleteThis is for the 30 points assignment.
(i couldn't find a way to upload it, but here's a link)
http://www.4shared.com/audio/qYDrwf7u/Led_Zepellin_-_Good_Times_Bad_.htm
I chose the song "Good Times, Bad Times" by Led Zeppelin because i feel that most of the song expresses the life of Pip. It talks about how he was told to be a man like at the beginning of the story when he was at Christmas dinner. The song also says how he was left by a women, much like in the case of Estella leaving Pip. Finally, it says how he knows what it feels like to be alone, which i believe is how Pip feels now that he is in London.
The Lyrics Are:
In the days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man,
Now I've reached that age, I've tried to do all those things the best I can.
No matter how I try, I find my way into the same old jam.
[Chorus]
Good Times, Bad Times, you know I had my share;
When my woman left home for a brown eyed man,
Well, I still don't seem to care.
Sixteen, I fell in love with a girl as sweet as could be,
Only took a couple of days 'til she was rid of me.
She swore that she would be all mine and love me till the end,
But when I whispered in her ear, I lost another friend, oooh.
[Chorus]
I know what it means to be alone, I sure do wish I was at home.
I don't care what the neighbors say, I'm gonna love you each and every day.
You can feel the beat within my heart.
Realize, sweet babe, we ain't ever gonna part.
Ryan Whitfield 7th Period
ReplyDeleteEXTRA CREDIT:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/miss%20havisham%20house/jamesmargaret3rd/february%25202010/havisham.jpg
The cobwebs and clock in this picture signify that life has stopped moving for the deranged Miss Havisham. For her, time has stood still since the day she was supposed to become a "Mrs". The darkness in the picture seems to represent a deep grudge she holds inside her soul after she was left at the altar. The light, however, may represent the hope she holds on to that her lost fiance will return to sweep her off her feet once again.
Taylor Harp, 3rd period
ReplyDeleteThe setting had at first started in the marshes in England, and it represented guilt and sadness. I say this because Pip would go there to take a look on his parents graves, metaphorically looking death in the face. There were also the Hulks that were next to these bleak grounds, and they created the sense of guilt. Criminals were guilty, and that was where Pip's escaped convict forces him to supply food and a file for his leg irons.
Another setting would be Miss Havisham's house because this is where most of the incidents occur, where decisions are made, and is the cause of several oppurtunities and/or faults. Pip is sent here at first to "play", but ends up being sent to London to become an independent gentleman. The expirences that happened in this "enough" house, influences the decisions Pip uses while in London. The name itself, "enough", dignify's that enough has happened in and out that house that nothing seems to change its prescence. Though i think an act of redemption will be achieved when Miss Havisham comes to her senses to forgive and forget, all we know is that her house is dark, gloomy, and decaying as TIME passes her by.
aidan hansen period 2
ReplyDeleteThe setting of the marshes is significant because the graveyard being set there. Then mist, fog, and cemetery all give an eerie mood to the place. I think the eeriness of the marshes seem to trigger pip's guilt. It seems as if every time he visits the place his anxiety level spikes. also many important elements of the story take place here. We meet pips convict, hunt for the convict, and speak with biddy about his love for Estella.
Zahra Vasaya 2nd period
ReplyDeleteThe city of London is an important setting in the book, as it adds an emphasis on Pip's newly acquired personality. The city- filthy, crime-filled, and not very different from Pip's very hometown- serves as more than just a setting; more than a mere time and place. Rather, the city symbolizes Pip himself. Pip is changed; his mind and thinking shallow, his heart dark, his head filled with pride. London is a reflection of Pip's character, displaying the same dark qualities as the changed young man. The setting adds emphasis to Pip's changed person, helping the reader better understand him.
Along with emphasis on the main character, London's setting adds a touch of irony. Both Pip and the reader have great expectations of London. A beautiful, rich, civilized, and lovely city is the picture that comes to one's mind when thinking of London. Pip, on the contrary, finds London to be not very different from his village, in the sense that it has all-poverty, robbery, filth-the only difference being the amounts in which these poor aspects are present. This setting adds a bit irony to the story as well.
Edward Loskamp, 3rd Period.
ReplyDeleteI think that Miss Havishams house is an important setting, because of the fact that it is what inspires Pip to become a gentleman. It is where we are introduced to the love of Pips life, Estella. It is also the place where Pip realizes his great expectations of his life, and is the house that within lives who Pip believes is his benefactor for his gentleman training.
Lucas Montouchet, 1 period.
ReplyDeleteI love the setting of the graveyard. Most of mankind views graveyards as a place of death and gloom but with this story Dickens opens the story in the graveyard and gives it a sense of reunion, it is the closer Pip will ever get to his parents. I especially like how Pip imagines his parents through the letters on their gravestones. I may be over analyzing here but I think it would be a fabulous if the story ended in the graveyard; making it a complete circle.I can imagine Pip being alone because of the corruption of wealth with everyone he holds dear dead; Joe, Biddy, Mrs. Havisham, Estella, Mrs. Joe, Pumblechook, Whopsle, everyone.
Nick Na 1P
ReplyDeleteI think time is definitely a significant setting. The book is set in the early 1800's. This was also the time Dickens was born and raised as a child. We all know that as a child, Dickens was put in a factory for young children with perhaps no pay at all. Also, Dickens' whole family besides him was sent to debtor's prison. From there, the lowest of the lows in the social class of England, Dickens rose to become one of the most acclaimed writers of all time. Perhaps in using this time, Dickens is trying to portray the inner feelings he had as a child. "In the little world in which children have their existence whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice." I think Pip is reflection of Dickens and his maybe shame of home. Dickens probably felt as Pip did, ashamed and cheated of his background. Pip's life is probably the life Dickens went through into becoming a man. The setting of time is so crucial to the book because it develops the whole tone Dickens is trying to portray. There isn't really a better time other than the time Dickens lived through.
Zahra Vasaya 2nd
ReplyDeleteI feel that Pip, especially in his early days, shares a strong resemblance with the well-known character, Harry Potter. The first time I read about Pip's life in the house, none other came to my mind but everyone's favorite, Harry Potter. There are many reasons for this thinking of mine, as the two characters share an extremely similar lifestyle.
For one, both boys are orphans. For reasons unknown, both Pip's mother and father rest in peace at the graveyard. Similarly, Harry Potter's both parents are dead as well, the only difference being that they died protecting him. And truth is, maybe this is true for Pip's parents as well, as we don't know the reason for their death yet. However, the point is, that both boys lead their lives as orphans.
Also, both boys are living under the "care", I guess one could say, of their relatives. Pip lives with his sister, Mrs. Joe, while Harry lives with his aunt, Mrs. Dursley. Their lives in their houses are quite similar, one of the reasons being that both boys live in small rooms. Both boys, also, are mistreated as well. For Harry, this is true for every second he spends in the Dursley's house. As for Pip, he endures this mistreatment occassionally, mostly when Wopsle or Pumblechook are over.
Both boys are given odd jobs to do. Harry has to cook and clean at the Dursley's place while Pip is known as the boy who'll do any of the odd jobs around the town.
Eventually, both Harry and Pip experience a great turn in their lives. This turn brings both of them away from home, and takes them off to a place where they are to lead a better quality of life. For Harry, this place is Hogwarts, and for Pip the place is London. Both pursue their education (whether it's magical or standard) at these new places, on the mission of becoming better and more successful young men.
Jordan Mckay 2nd period
ReplyDeleteI think that the setting that adds the most to a scene was the setting of the convict sceens. The scenes attempt to convey the terror emotions: helplessness, fear, and Loneliness (totally suck at spelling emotions)and a sense of uncertainty. With the mist, pip has no clue what could be around him, giving uncertainty. For the Graveyard scene, the graveyard is the archetype for danger and unwanter "visitors", this adds a sense that someone is stalking or watching Pip that he deoesn't know about. The swamp scene gives a sense of eriness that makes the reader feel weirdness or uneasiness. These settings are what makes these scenes what they are. The only scene that would have made the scene better would have been if the setting weren to have been in the graveyard at nightmakiung it seem more uneasy
1st Period:
ReplyDeleteThe swamp scene, more specifically the mist itself, add a whole character's worth of change and emotion to the book. That is, the mist changes density with Pip's emotion, and the swamp is always dark and damp, regardless of time of day. The mist itself is thickest when Pip is visiting the convict in the swamp to give him the file, indicating Pip's ensuing anxiety and guilt over the incident that lasts for years. When he walks with Joe and Biddy through the swamp later in the story, the mist is nearly gone, and the nondescript landscape really stays the same, featureless and grey.
Every time Pip thinks back to his home, I visualize he is thinking of Joe and Biddy and his sister, but I also imagine the swamp penetrating his thoughts. And when he thinks back to the swamp, the mist is always as thick as it ever was, almost signifying that it might miss him as much as Joe and Biddy do.
Alex Yarini 1st period
ReplyDeleteWell I think that where Pip was raised is a very important setting regarding the direction of where this book is headed. The area has a feeling of low status and yet feels like a home setting. The area Pip grew up in sort of represents Pip's origin, and him laving signifies him leaving behind his own past to seek what he desires in the future. Pip starts out in the beginning here, and he is content with it. Then as he gets older he "realizes" that the area is for "common people", and he wants to become a gentleman. He in a sense leaves his past behind him, he tries to forget it.
Ali Bell
ReplyDelete1st Period
I think the most effective setting is used to open the book. Pip's story begins with him at his parent's grave. The scene of a graveyard always sets up a spooky feeiling. This is perfect for Pip meeting the convict who will reappear over and over!
Shiv Patel
ReplyDelete2nd Period
The setting in London adds to the book in so many ways. From the beginning of the book, Pip’s expectations have been changing and becoming more and more extreme. He is continually disappointed by them and this is shown by London too. Pip’s hometown is full of “common people” and there are convicts and thieves there. Pip wants to be a gentleman and he thinks that it is logical that since gentlemen are upper class, their cities are going to be clean and everything is perfect there. Grass is always greener on the other side. Once Pip gets to London, his expectations are shattered once again. London is full of filth and crime just like everywhere else. Even his guardian is constantly seen washing his hands, and even Pip gets the urge to wash his hands. Like Wimmick says, in London, there are people who will cheat, rob, and murder you, but then again, you can find those people anywhere. I think Dickens put a lot of thought into it and put Pip into the perfect setting.
Alex Valdez, 2nd Period
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite settings is the house by the marshes where Pip grew up. Actually, that was Joe’s house. Pip learned several important lessons from Joe when he was kid at that house. The house and the marshes were the setting where several key events took place and will somehow be connected later in the future. As Pip grows up, he is reminded in a way about the convict incident like a mysterious guy holding Joe’s file that Pip gave to his convict years ago. When Pip was a child, he loved the marshes, but now Pip doesn’t want to be there anymore and is excited to leave the place and go to London. Pip thinks that he’ll never become a gentleman and wealthy if he stays in the marshes.
Alex Ruddick 7th Period
ReplyDeleteExtra Credit:http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/Clayton/231-S99.htm
The picture is a completely different interpretation of the opening scene at the graveyard than what I thought it would be like. This version appears less realistic than what I thought happened. Also, the convict looks completely different from my interpretation.
Caroline Gouveia Period 3
ReplyDeleteEven though it's cliche and typical, I really liked the Graveyard as a setting. It was an absolute perfect was to start a book. It introduced Pip's home living situation by talking about his parent's tobstones. With this information, Dickens tells the reader how Pip lives with his sister and Joe.
While staring at the gravestones of his parents, Pip thinks, "The shape of the letters on my father's grave..." This allows the reader to infer that Pip cannot read. This says a lot about Pip because if you couldn't read, you were most likely lower-class.
Lastly, the over all creepieness and eerie feelings about a graveyard are already present regardless of a potentially dangerous convict threatening you. The mood of the graveyard increases the effectiveness of the conflict.
Ashley Buda Period 2
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite settings in the book is Wemmick’s “castle.” I believe that this setting is important to the story because it shows character development. Our first impression of Wemmick is that he is a strict man of business. After a tour of Wemmick’s house, we realize that there is more depth to his character. He seems more joyful and care-free at his Walworth property. This attitude changes, however, when work is considered. On the way to Wemmick’s business place, Pip observes that, “By degrees, Wemmick got dryer and harder as we went along, and his mouth tightened into a post-office again.” The various settings in Great Expectations, such as Wemmick’s home, help reveal and develop characters.
Michael Field 2nd period
ReplyDeleteI think the city of London completely contrasts Pip's hometown. It seems to be busy, cold, dirty, unwelcoming, and harsh. On the other hand, Pip's hometown seems quiet, peaceful,and welcoming. This is another example of Dicken's common use of opposites to convey an idea. I think he is trying to say Pip was already blessed with what he had.
Extra Credit
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This picture of Great Expectations being done as a play shows Pip's convict. He looks nothing like I pictured him to be. I always imagined him to look young, strong, and dangerous. Although this man looks dangerous, he seems to be old, weak, and frail.
Saqib Ali
ReplyDelete1st period
The setting of Miss Havisham's house almost perfectly represent her personality. The house is very large with expensive furniture and things inside which represent her wealth. It also has a lonely mood becuase few people are allowed and Miss Havisham has no husband. The clocks not moving shows that Miss Havisham does not care about the outside world. The cobwebs and dust represent how old and spooky Miss Havisham is.
Lindsey Garrett 2nd Period
ReplyDeleteThe setting of Pip's hometown on the marshes is a very important one. Pip wants to get away from his hometown, to go to London to become educated. He thinks it will be a big step up, but it turns out that London isn't quite that different from the marshes. They're both muddy and quite dirty. Also, it seems that everything returns to the marshes eventually. It was the first place where Pip and the first convict met. Now, Pip and the other convict are both returning again together.
Jaclyn Pescitelli, 1st period
ReplyDeleteThe locations of where Joe works as a blacksmith and London are two very important settings that add alot to the novel. The blacksmith shop symbolizes a low class and common man life. London symbolizes a higher class life. Its also is a new setting, so it symbloizes Pip's new life when he leaves his family.
Austin Harmel
ReplyDelete7th Period
I think the Havisham House is the most important scene in the book so far, because it represents the struggles we face in life in so many different ways. For one, it could represent the uncomfortable situations we are placed into. Like how Pip is told he is now going to the Havisham House once a week without any say of the matter. It could also represent the times in our lives in which we are mistreated by others for no reason. Like how Pip is constantly riducled for his actions by Estella and Ms. Havisham. The Havisham House also represents love and the many tricks it can play on our heart. For example, Pip's fondness for Estella's beauty even though he knows she is cruel towards him. Lastly, the Havisham House scene teaches us that hard work pays off, for example when Pip is given money before he leaves to London for all his help and hardwork. It is genius in the way Dickens can describe so much about the story by using only one simple scene while relating it to real life so that his readers can truly feel what Pip is feeling.
Jordan Locke 1st
ReplyDeleteI think the entire setting of pips home town and London and really improtant to the story because it gives pip an internal conflict of where he should be in london which is the place he could be sucessful, or his home, where he would be around people who loves him. this is kind of somthing that all people must understand. because there will always be a place you would rather be and live, but would you be willing to live there if you have to be away from those you love and those who love you?
Jing Tan
ReplyDelete1st per
The setting establishes the mood in Great Expectations. The opening scene sets the Gothic mood by using the setting. Charles Dickens opens the story with Pip in a graveyard. It was dark, dank, and terrifying, and "..the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard intersected with dykes and mounds and gates." Then, an evil convict pops out at Pip threatening his life unless he brings him food and a file. The dark, creepy graveyard sets the evil scene for this to occur. Also Miss Havisham is an evil person, who lives in the past. Her house is also of evil-"of old brick, and dismal, and had many iron bars to it." This sets an eerie and strange mood to the story and almost a feeling of wonder, for who would live in a house like the one described. Miss Havisham's home is dark and invested with old, dreadful memories that haunt her. The setting can tell the reader much about a character as well.
Rebecca Angoyar.
ReplyDelete2nd Period.
Charles Dickens uses the setting as a tactic to tell the story, to support the characters lifestyles, and to influence the character's way of living.I think Charles Dickens picked London as the place for Pip to become a learned young man, because whenever people think of London, they think proper, fancy, expensive, classy, and so on. Dickens used this setting to add to the importance of Pip's education and the riches of his benefactor. With our thoughts and background information regarding London. Dickens is able to convey many aspects of literature to the reader, such as: motifs, themes, mood, etc.
Hobbie McCain 7th period
ReplyDeletehttp://www.behaviorgap.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Expectations-591x454.jpg
EXTRA CREDIT
This picture is really simple but i think it represents the them for this book. everyone in the world always has expectations. some people dream big and some dream small but the fact is you will never be satisfied. reality is gonna always bew a few steps below your dreams. once you ge something your gonna want something better. i think it is human nature. and i actually belive it is a major flaw. iagine if people were happy with whatever they had. there would be no problems. but the world isnt perfect nor shall it ever be but this picture represents so much but it is very little.
Erica Mills 3rd period
ReplyDeleteI think my favorite setting is Miss Havisham's house. I just absolutely love how her house is almost frozen in time and reflects exactly how she must be feeling from the situation with her ex-fiance. i also really like how pip's perspective of the proper life was changed once he came to miss havisham's house. miss havisham was so proper and seemed so fit in her ways that pip seemed to assume that it was just how everyone should act. i felt like how miss havisham's house was and how she acted really fueled how pip's attitude changed.
Mickey Creighton 1st Period
ReplyDeleteMy favorite setting in Great expectations has to be Pip's home village. Partyicularly the marsh and graveyard area. I like this because like pi, the setting changes with him. For example, early in the book when Pip meets "his convict" the marsh is very foggy and it is very hard to see. I like this because Mrs, Hedrick pointed out that the marsh is foggy and gross when Pip is confused or isn't sure what he is going to do. The foggy and dark theme goes great with the spookiness of the situation of the run-away convicts, and Pip's unsure efforts to help one of them. Later in the story when pip is at the marsh with Biddy, it is daytime and clear outside. the mood isn't fey suspencful or spooky, and Pip is fairly sure of what is going on in his life, and what he wants to do or at least he thinks he does. this is why i like this setting the best, because it changes with the story.
Alec Browning, 7th Period
ReplyDeleteI think that the city of London is an important setting in Great Expectations because it represents the fact that most things in life aren't what they're cracked to be. This idea is shown when Pip thinks that London is going to be a wonderful, magical place when in all reality, it is mostly a dirty place filled with poor people struggling to survive. In my opinion, Pip's village was far better than London, even though it might not be a big city. Another reason why the setting of London is important is that it shows readers today what London was like 200 years ago. If it were up to me, i would have chosen modern day New York as the setting because I think that it shows the idea of the false assumptions that Pip had better than London. Also, if the setting were New York, American readers could probably relate to the story more.
Trevor Thorburn 7th period
ReplyDeleteThe best setting in the book is London in my opinion. The way Dickens describes the place is just like the real world; most places don't live up to expectations. Pip went into London expecting an exciting and "fancy" lifestyle. Instead, he walks into the city to see many poor people and many old, and broken buildings. The setting of London teaches Pip (and the reader) that life isn't always what you expect it to be.
Jenna Medcalf 3rd Period
ReplyDeleteWhile I love the English countryside and the quaintness of Pip's home village, I think that London is the most important setting in Great Expectations. For the majority of Pip's life he dreamt of London and of being a gentleman. He thought that London was where he would become successful. All of this starts to change when Pip finally does go to London and he sees the ugly side of the city. He is surprised that the place he once thought to be a paradise waiting for him was not really what is seemed. London represents Pip's fantasies and also the realization that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Clara Sims
ReplyDelete3rd Period
I really like the setting of Miss Havishams house. It is so mysterious and eerie that it seems to hide more than just miss Havisham and all her heartache. Although Miss Havisham's story has already been revealed to us by Herbert Pocket, I think that there is also something more going on in her house which makes the setting so much more interesting.
Hobbie McCain7th period
ReplyDeleteI think the most significant setting in the book thus far is the graveyard. this is where the everything starts and becuase pip will one day die where it ends. it is kind of like a preview of the rest of the book. it starts with a expectation of his parents. then it talks about how he cannot read and he starts to wish he could. then he has a conflict with an unknown character as he does with herbert in later chapters. then the one he has a conflict with turns out to be an uexpected ally. all of this takes place in the marshes and the graveyard and i think it is very symbolic and shows somethin about Dickens religion. without this basis for setting the story would not have a well developed plot unless a similar setting was added.
Marina O’Connell
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The scene I chose was the London scene. Although Pip had this magnificent idea of London it turned out to be everything anyone ever said it was, and nothing Pip expected. For some reason I really liked the London scene because it reminded me of what Pip thinks he should be like to impress Estella, but then I felt like reality clicked in, and the really Pip was exposed. I’m not sure if this would make sense in anyone else’s head other than mine, but the way pip excepted London was nice, an escape from all things bad, clean, just over all a great place. Then in reality it turns out to be dirty, and just like every other place in the world, full of bad things. Which makes me think of the vision Pip wants, but then what is really going for him in reality.
Emily Everett, 7th Period
ReplyDelete"The marshes were just a long black horizontal line then, as i stopped to looked after him; and the river was just another horizontal line, not nearly so broad not yet so black; and the sky was just a rowof long angry red lines and dense black lines intermixed." This was from the beginning of the book when Pip was leaving after talking to the convict. The loaded language like black, angry red, and intermixed made the mood a little bit creppy and dark. I like this scene the most because it was the beginning of Pip starting to have intercourse with the world to me. I also graabed my favorite quote from this scene.
Ben Tesema- 3rd Period
ReplyDeleteThe setting I choose is Mrs. Havisham's garden. That was the first time Pip cried infront of Estella, but it has more meanings than that. In the short clip of Pip's return to Mrs. Havishman's manor, Mrs. Havisham tells Pip and Estella to take a walk in the garden, like good old times. Pip reminds Estella of him crying in the garden, but she can't recollect. I think Estella is "crying" inside (this time) because she can't remember her times with Pip. Having no emotions throughout your life would be extremely depressing for anyone, don't you think? I chose the setting of "The garden" because it does a great job of showing doubles in "Great Expectations."
Avery White 3rd period
ReplyDeleteMy favorite setting was Miss. Havisham's house. From the way Pip described it, it almost represented his want to be a gentleman and to become one of the upper class. It almost seemed as if throughout the story, Pip felt like he himself changed by just merely going to Miss. Havisham's house. Whichi is true, because the house and the poeple inside of it were the ones who made Pip feel as a common man, and made him go off to another great setting, which was London.
Jessie Donnan
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The setting of London is my favorite. For the first time Pip`s expectations don`t really live up to what he thought they would be. He thought that London would be a beautiful, perfect place when really it was disgusting and dirty. Pip sees through this setting that what you think isn`t always what you get.
Paula Echavarria
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The Goth mansion adds so much detail to the story that it even becomes like a character itself. It encouraged Pip to become a gentleman to live in luxury and added to Ms. Havishams personality. From all the wedding decor throughout the home and its spooky feel. When Pip was an outcast at the party, the house provided a perfect corner that added to his loneliness. It is as if the house is an ally with Ms. havisham and is mocking Pip.