mister pip
Mister Pip – Summary – Simon Frei
The story is set on Bougainville, which is an island in Papua-Neuguinea. The story is about Mathilda, a girl who lives on the island with her mother. Her father went to Australia as a guest worker. The story happens in 1990, the time of the civil war. Some rebels were on the island with weapons. They occupy the island. Earlier there were much more people on the island but all the white people left and now there are just some black people and Mister Watts, the only white man, and his wife living there. Mister Watts is also called Pop Eye. After all the teachers left, Mister Watts was willing to teach the kids. Mister Watts wasn’t a normal teacher. There were lots of subjects he had no idea of. His big passion was the literature. He read aloud to the children from “Great Expectations” of Charles Dickins. The stories were about a different world, a world which was very fascinating for the children. This different world was England in the 19th century. Mister Pip is the main character of the book, which Mister Watts reads for the kids. Matilda is totally fascinated of Mister Pip and he becomes her new imaginary friend. Her mother, called Dolores wasn’t happy with the transformation of Mathilda and she took the book away from Mathilda. Now the real problem began. The rebels heard of Mister Pip and they taught he was an enemy. All expectations of Mister Watts were invalid because he couldn’t prove it because the book was away. The situation escalated. The rebels shot some black habitants and burned some houses. The people who survived weren’t mad at all because they said that they have their air to breathe and their water to drink and that’s enough.
The story is set on Bougainville, which is an island in Papua-Neuguinea. The story is about Mathilda, a girl who lives on the island with her mother. Her father went to Australia as a guest worker. The story happens in 1990, the time of the civil war. Some rebels were on the island with weapons. They occupy the island. Earlier there were much more people on the island but all the white people left and now there are just some black people and Mister Watts, the only white man, and his wife living there. Mister Watts is also called Pop Eye. After all the teachers left, Mister Watts was willing to teach the kids. Mister Watts wasn’t a normal teacher. There were lots of subjects he had no idea of. His big passion was the literature. He read aloud to the children from “Great Expectations” of Charles Dickins. The stories were about a different world, a world which was very fascinating for the children. This different world was England in the 19th century. Mister Pip is the main character of the book, which Mister Watts reads for the kids. Matilda is totally fascinated of Mister Pip and he becomes her new imaginary friend. Her mother, called Dolores wasn’t happy with the transformation of Mathilda and she took the book away from Mathilda. Now the real problem began. The rebels heard of Mister Pip and they taught he was an enemy. All expectations of Mister Watts were invalid because he couldn’t prove it because the book was away. The situation escalated. The rebels shot some black habitants and burned some houses. The people who survived weren’t mad at all because they said that they have their air to breathe and their water to drink and that’s enough.