10th Grade Book Review on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
BOOK REVIEW
GREAT EXPECTATIONS BY CHARLES DICKENS
On Christmas Eve, Pip, an orphan living with his sister (Mrs Joe) and Joe Gargery, meets a convict who demands him to bring him food and a file to cut his chains. Pip does so and the following morning and feels extremely guilty. He, Joe and some police officers later catch and arrest this convict.
Uncle Pumblechook arranges for Pip to go and play at Miss Havisham's home in hope that she’ll give him money. There he falls in love with Estelle, Miss Havisham’s adopted daughter and his visits to the mansion become regular thing.
An incident occurs at Pip's home leaving Mrs Joe with horrific brain damage. When he is old enough Pip becomes Joe’s apprentice, thanks to Miss Havisham’s financial support. He hates this job and wishes to become “a gentleman” and marry Estella.
Pip soon inherits a fortune from an anonymous benefactor and is forced to leave in London to become a gentleman, where he is tutored by Matthew Pockets (Miss Havisham’s cousin) and cared for by Mr Jaggers. Pip meets a new friend, Herbert Pocket (Matthew’s son) who helps him become a gentleman and settle in.
Joe comes to visit Pip and Pip is ashamed of him and is cruel to him so he returns home. Soon afterwards Mrs Joe passes away. Estella, who had been touring the world, returns and decides to stay in England and they start spending a lot of time together but she is still cruel to him. On Pip’s 21st birthday he receives 500 000 pounds from his allowance and uses it to buy Herbert a partnership in mechanism.
On his 23rd birthday Pips benefactor reveals himself and he turns out to be the convict Pip helped when he was a little boy in the marshes, Abel Magwitch. Pip loses all motivations for perusing his “great expectations”.
Pip returns home where he rescues Miss Havisham from a fire that burnt down her house and eventually kills her. Estella marries Drummies, whom she is miserable with. Magwitch is arrested and eventually dies. Before that Pip
GREAT EXPECTATIONS BY CHARLES DICKENS
On Christmas Eve, Pip, an orphan living with his sister (Mrs Joe) and Joe Gargery, meets a convict who demands him to bring him food and a file to cut his chains. Pip does so and the following morning and feels extremely guilty. He, Joe and some police officers later catch and arrest this convict.
Uncle Pumblechook arranges for Pip to go and play at Miss Havisham's home in hope that she’ll give him money. There he falls in love with Estelle, Miss Havisham’s adopted daughter and his visits to the mansion become regular thing.
An incident occurs at Pip's home leaving Mrs Joe with horrific brain damage. When he is old enough Pip becomes Joe’s apprentice, thanks to Miss Havisham’s financial support. He hates this job and wishes to become “a gentleman” and marry Estella.
Pip soon inherits a fortune from an anonymous benefactor and is forced to leave in London to become a gentleman, where he is tutored by Matthew Pockets (Miss Havisham’s cousin) and cared for by Mr Jaggers. Pip meets a new friend, Herbert Pocket (Matthew’s son) who helps him become a gentleman and settle in.
Joe comes to visit Pip and Pip is ashamed of him and is cruel to him so he returns home. Soon afterwards Mrs Joe passes away. Estella, who had been touring the world, returns and decides to stay in England and they start spending a lot of time together but she is still cruel to him. On Pip’s 21st birthday he receives 500 000 pounds from his allowance and uses it to buy Herbert a partnership in mechanism.
On his 23rd birthday Pips benefactor reveals himself and he turns out to be the convict Pip helped when he was a little boy in the marshes, Abel Magwitch. Pip loses all motivations for perusing his “great expectations”.
Pip returns home where he rescues Miss Havisham from a fire that burnt down her house and eventually kills her. Estella marries Drummies, whom she is miserable with. Magwitch is arrested and eventually dies. Before that Pip