Great Expectations Chapters 8 & 9

What-Summary of the Chapters Chapter 8 Summary: Pip is going to be sent to Miss Havisham's house to play in front of her. His uncle takes him to the town where he notices the actions of different towns people. He arrives to be introduced to a lady wearing bridal gear in an open room. Miss Havisham orders for Estella, the maid, and Pip to play a game of cards, but Estella refuses at first calling Pip a “common labouring-boy!” (Dickens, 57) During the game, Estella insults Pip’s hands and boots. Then Miss Havisham asks Pip what he thinks of Estella, and replies with proud, pretty, and insulting while also wishing to go home. As Estella brought him food, she looked at him with disgust which made him feel terrible about himself causing him to cry. While Estelle guides him out the gate she taunts him, and then he heads home.

What-Summary of the Chapters Chapter 9 Summary: When Pip got home from Miss Havisham's, he was bombarded with questions by Mrs. Joe and Uncle Pumblechook. If he gave a brief answer, they would bully him. Since he didn't want to explain the real events of what happened at Miss Havisham's , he lied to Mrs. Joe, Uncle Pumblechook, and Mr.Joe. Pip felt bad for lying but didn't want to come clean to his sister or uncle so he told Mr. Joe. Mr. Joe told Pip that lying is very bad and that he will keep his secret because he does not like seeing Pip get hurt. He also told Pip that he wasn't angry at him, but he was disappointed. In the end, Pip said that this day will always be a memory for him.

Why-How do the plot events motivate the protagonist’s choices Pip lies because: He is embarrassed for being “common” He didn't want to get in trouble for not enjoying his time with Ms. Havisham and Estella The conflict Pip has is that he is common but his sister is trying to make him uncommon

How-How do his choices impact others within the story He only trusts Joe So he tells Joe the truth Joe tells him to stop lying “if you can't get to be oncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked.” (Dickens, 74) Pip is afraid of Mrs. Joe So he lies to her He hides his feelings

Message-What is the dominant theme of each chapter The theme in chapter 8 is that you should treat everyone with kindness even if their looks, reputation, or social class is different than yours. The theme in chapter 9 is ”that lies is lies,” (Dickens, 68) and that nothing good can come from a lie.

Satire Relation/Figurative Language: What is satirical about these chapters? In Chapter 8, he satirizes the shop keepers because instead of working they watch other people work. "Mr. Pumblechook appeared to conduct his business by looking across the street at the saddler, who appeared to transact his business by keeping his eye on the coach maker, who appeared to get on in life by putting his hands in his pockets and contemplating the baker, who in his turn folded his arms and stared at the grocer, who stood at his door and yawned at the chemist.” (Dickens, 52) In Chapter 9, he satirizes people who need to know everything about what is going on. “When I reached home, my sister was very curious to know all about Miss Havisham’s, and asked a number of questions.” (Dickens, 63)

Figurative Language An example of figurative language in Chapter 8 is when imagery is used to describe what Pip had seen. “ A figure all in yellow white, with but one shoe to the feet; and it hung so, that I could see that the faded trimmings of the dress were like earthy paper, and that the face was Miss Havisham's, with a movement going over the whole countenance as if she were trying to call to me.” (Dickens, 62) An example of figurative language in Chapter 9 is when more imagery is used to describe Uncle Pumblechook. “And the mere sight of the torment, with his fishy eyes and mouth open, his sandy hair inquisitively on end, and his waistcoat heaving with windy arithmetic, made me vicious in my reticence.” (Dickens, 63)

Great Expectations Topics Allie Aloia Evi Dewey

Overview-Information about your topic Education in Lower Classes England in 1860’s Most children needed to work Parents needed money Parents in debt—>jail Work conditions were poor As a result most lower class children did not get an education

Summarize Learning- From review of websites Education in lower classes in England in the 1860’s was very sparse. You hardly saw any people in the lower class attend school. If you did, it would be a very small school with very few teachers who could teach very little. Ragged Schools were what they called the lower class schools. Most children had to work in factories or other places in order to get money for their family or pay off any debts. If they did have to work, the conditions of the work place were very bad. In the end, any child that grew up in lower class did not have a good or any education. (like Mr. Joe Gargery in Great Expectations)

Connections to Great Expectations Pip was considered lower class because Mr. Joe Gargery was a blacksmith. Pip had a bad education. It was a low tuition, evening school. He went to a very small school, “but it’s all that the lower class had.”(123helpme.com, p.2) His teacher slept a lot and did not teach, and the other teacher would make the students watch his orations. He would learn with the help of his friend Biddy.

Questions for the class Can you think of other places where education is related to money? Do you think that all children deserve an education? What effect did working as a child have on Charles Dickens’ writing? What is Dickens trying to satirize about classes and education in Great Expectations?

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