Skits

My first pick for a skit in class would have to be when Miss. Havisham catches on fire, here is my short description. After Pip has left Miss. Havisham's, he imagines her hanging. As he turns to look back into the house, Pip sees Miss. Havisham catch on fire. He ends up saving her and burning himself as well. This short scene makes a good skit because of the action, and the impact it has on Miss. Havisham and on Pip. My second favorite scene is in the very beginning, when Pip is assaulted by Magwitch in the graveyard. Pip goes to his parents grave, but the Magwitch sees his and lifts him onto a gravestone. Demanding food and drink. After being forced to stay home awhile because of Mrs. Joe, Pip finally gets the food to Magwitch. This would be a great skit, because this one event changed Pips life forever. In both good and bad ways. My final scene is when Pip learns of his great expectations. He is listening to Wopsle read a murder story in the pub, when a man starts to questions Wopsle about some details. He then introduces himself to Pip as Jaggers, though Pip had already seen him before he did not yet know that he was a lawyer. Jaggers proceeds to tell Pip about his inherited fortune. Pip's life is irreversibly changed after this. He even gives up Joe, which is why I think it so important. Though there are many great parts to this book, these are my favorite three so far.

UNDERSTANDING

Things are starting to make sense, and most questions are being answered. My question doesn't seem to have much content but once I explain it will be relevant. But I want to know how the convict found him after so many years. This happens in chapter 39 pg. 315. Was the convict keeping tabs on him for all those years? Did he look for years before he could find him? Thanks for your answers in advance!

Question

My question isn't about Pip but of Joe. When he is in the presence of his friends, he shows his intelligence. But when mingling with people of a higher class, Joe instantly seems to dumb down, incapable of even an easy decision. Like when he meets Herbert. "I'll take which ever is most agreeable to yourself." Herbert-"What do you say to coffee?" Joe-"Thankee, sir," returned Joe, evidently dispirited by the proposal, "since you are so kind as make chice of coffee, I will not run contrairy to your own opinions." As this quote expressed, Joe wouldn't out right declare what he wanted. Instead saying as little as possible, making him only seem dimmer. So why is it that Joe lowers himself in front of higher class?

Photo-Great Expectations

I think this photo represents who Pip is, and who he wishes to become in chapter seventeen. On the left is who Pip really is, he resents himself and is ashamed of who he is. But on the right is Pip dressed in high class cloths, staring at himself in a mirror. For he is now happy, for the time, as a gentleman, staring at himself with pleasure. There is a question mark in the back round because I don't think he will be happy for long as a gentleman, he may even want to return to his former life as a black smith.