last one

• i dont think that the 2nd ending(not the original) fit the book. i wanted pip to end up alone. idk why.
• a lot of people die for some reason. does their death symbolize anything
• i would be really mad if i were Biddy. when Pip finds out that Estella doesnt want to be with him he goes to his next option, and i wouldnt want to be someones 2nd choice. why does Pip think that he even deserves Biddy as a wife.
• a lot of stuff happens in the garden at Miss Havisham's house. Pip gets into a fight, he firsts sees Etella at the gate there, thats where Miss Havisham first comes out of the darkness of her house and into the sun(and on fire!), and thats where it ends. does the destruction of the place where Pip made a lot of his memories symbolize something. maybe the end of his old life and the beginning of a new one?
• i think that Pip should not end up with Estella. i think he needs to forget all about his old life, with no ties to the past and start over.

circle

i think that pip will go back to living his old life as a poor man. pip has been experiencing a lot of things in his life right now that suggest that he would do something like that. the convict has re-entered his life, which at first brings pip back to his childhood memories. then compeyson is metioned in magwhitch's story and is also the "ghost" that was behind pip in the theater. this reminds pip of the fight he saw between compeyson and the convict on the day where he went out with the soldiers looking for the convicts. anddd he was just recently rejected by estella just like he was when he was a child and he was not accepted be her. i think eventually pip will find out what really matters in life, his family, the people that he left behind for this hectic life.

yea

i love the decription of the room where pip is staying and at all the things that are tringered in his mind while in the room

"the clset whispered, the fire-place sighed, the little washing-stand ticked, and the guitar string played occasionally in the chest of drawers. at about the same time, the eyes on the wall acquired a new expression, and in every one of those staring rounds i saw written, DON'T GO HOME."

i can just see the room coming to life as Pip lays on his bed looking around.
...and why is there a guitar in the room?

43 44

chapter 43 sets up chapter 44 perfectly. drummle and pip get into a little argument then agree to not talk to each other. it gives the chapter a sense of awkwardness and it feels uncomfortable. then when Pip meets with miss havisham and estella he tells them what he has been felling all along, his love for estella. estella reveals that she will marry drummle soon.

this is the first time in a while where i have felt bad for pip. he has lost the love of his life.(even though he never really had her, it still sucks) i think that even miss havisham, the queen of cold, feels bad for him.

42-magwitch tells all

i love this chapter of magwitch telling Pip and herbert about his life. his story took up the whole chapter so it was hard to keep up. i got confused on page 346 when he starts talking about compeyson but it became more clear towards the end. i thought that it was interesting that magwitch has had such a horrible life but he can speak so freely about it. we also find out that compeyson is the man who broke miss havishams heart, just another coincidence i guess.

40

it seems that pip is more worried about magwitch being caught than magwitch is.

pips worst nightmare

could come true. he could actually serve some time for harboring a convict. i cant imagine the reaction he would have if he got caught. and to top it all off he finds out that miss havisham never wanted pip and estella to get married.

37

i think this chapter shows a good side of pip. he is very kind to aged and comforts him with his head nods. i think this is a caring side of pip that is not shown too often. but, in the next chapter goes back to being selfish and thinks everything is about him when he thinks to himself why miss Havisham has not announced the engagement between him and Estella. pip needs to learn that its not all about him.

pip

as the book goes on pip's attitude worsens despite his great fortune. in the beginning pip felt that money was necessary to give him happiness, but once he gets the money he is still not happy and is mean and disrespectful to Joe, who is supposed to be pips best friend. i think pip needs to realize his bad attitude and fix it before he ends up unhappy and alone(and rich) just like miss havisham

wemmick

i think that Wemmick is in the book to contrast Pip. he is a man that is not rich and is extremely happy and Pip thinks that in order to be happy you need to have money. i really like Wemmick because he takes pride in his home and he takes his work seriously but when hes not working he knows how to to have fun and he knows how to be a happy person.

pumblechook

i think he is a very annoying character. he was mean to pip at the beginning of the story and now that pips rich hes like his best friend. it also annoys me that he wants to shake pips hand every two seconds.

23

i have no idea what is going on in this chapter. i understand that Pip and Herbert go to the Pockets house so that pip can see what their life is like, but that's about it. I'm confused because of all the craziness all around. theres this baby, and these caretakers and everything seems like its going very fast.