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Great Expectations. Chapters One and Two. Summary. The novel opens up with a boy named Pip in a churchyard. He relates that he has never seen his parents and was brought up by his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery – the wife of a blacksmith.
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Great Expectations Chapters One and Two
Summary • The novel opens up with a boy named Pip in a churchyard. He relates that he has never seen his parents and was brought up by his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery – the wife of a blacksmith. • He lives in a marsh and doesn’t appear to be very bright as evidenced by the fact that he derived his mother’s name to be “Also Georgiana” from her tombstone. In the churchyard Pip ran into a convict who shook Pip upside down, ate the bread that fell from his pocket, and threatened him with his life if he did not return the next day with a file from his brother in law Joe, a blacksmith, and some food. • Upon being released by the convict Pip ran home to his psychotic sister and protective Joe. Once home, Pip’s sister reminds him how she “brought him up by hand” and comments that “I’d never do it again” (8). • Joe and Pip have a amiable relationship illustrated by their friendly bread eating competition – a competition that Pip, to Joe’s dismay, doesn’t participate in that night as he wishes to save his slice of bread for the convict. Pip needs to pretend that he ate his bread quickly though and as a result, Mrs. Joe makes him drink tar water. • To further propel the reader’s opinion of Mrs. Joe into contempt she is physical with both Joe and Pip. Her harsh nature is compounded by her rude response in the quote on page 13. • Churchyard • Orphan • Education • Joe • Mrs. Joe • “People are put in the Hulks because they murder…and they always begin by asking questions.” (13)
Important Quotes • Quote 1 Page 7 Pip “Has she been gonlong, Joe? I always treated him as a larger species of a child, and as no more than my equal.” (7) • Quote 2 Page 11 Pip “It was Christmas Eve and Pip didn’t sleep at all as he waited for morning “to rob Mrs. Joe—I never thought I was going to rob Joe, for I never thought of any of the housekeeping property as his.” (11). Choose two quotes that you deem vital to the development of the plot, characters, or theme.
Character Analysis Example: Pip • Find, and discuss in detail, the evolution of a character we have already encountered or the introduction of a new character. You must have direct quotes from the text to support your analysis. • Relationships~~Poor relationship with sister, Mrs. Joe “my all-powerful sister, who repulsed me at every turn”(14). • Cautious/scared~~”I should like to know—if you wouldn't much mind—where the firing comes from?”(13)
Joe Gargary • Description~~”Joe was a fair man, with curls of flaxen hair.” (6) • “He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow—a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness.” (6) • Protective~~”passed me on into the chimney and quietly fenced me up there with his great leg.” (7)
Pip = Young Harry Potter • Both are orphaned at a young age. Both are innocent but feel lost or not accepted in the world they live in. • Pip’s sister Mrs. Joe makes Pip feel like a burden, but he has the great love of Joe to protect him. • Harry’s Aunt and Uncle mistreat Harry but he has the great love of Dumbledore to protect him. • Breakfast Scenes compared
Breakfast Comparison • My sister had a trenchant way of cutting our bread-and-butter for us, that never varied. First, with her left hand she jammed the loaf hard and fast against her bib - where it sometimes got a pin into it, and sometimes a needle, which we afterwards got into our mouths. Then she took some butter (not too much) on a knife and spread it on the loaf, in an apothecary kind of way, as if she were making a plaister - using both sides of the knife with a slapping dexterity, and trimming and moulding the butter off round the crust. Then, she gave the knife a final smart wipe on the edge of the plaister, and then sawed a very thick round off the loaf: which she finally, before separating from the loaf, hewed into two halves, of which Joe got one, and I the other. • "Pass the frying pan." "You've forgotten the magic word," said Harry irritably. The effect of this simple sentence on the rest of the family was incredible: Dudley gasped and fell off his chair with a crash that shook the whole kitchen; Mrs. Dursley gave a small scream and clapped her hands to her mouth; Mr. Dursley jumped to his feet, veins throbbing in his temples.
