1) In Chapter 8, Pip says, "I thought I overheard, 'Well? You can break his heart.'" In this chapter, he says he thought he heard Miss Havisham "murmuring something that sounded like, 'Break their hearts, my pride and hope, break their hearts and have no mercy!'"(108). What does Miss Havisham seem to be up to?
2) A lot of exposition (background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme) in this chapter...A LOT! There is also a time leap of almost a year. See if you can find information on what it meant to be apprenticed to a trade during the Victorian Era. What would that generally be like for a young boy like Pip?
3) What makes Mrs. Joe go on such a rampage when she hears that Joe has been summoned by Miss Havisham? What does this reveal about Mrs. Joe?
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ReplyDeleteI think Miss. Havisham had her heart broken a long time ago, and that she has never recovered from it. I believe she is using Estella to fulfill that desire of breaking someone else's heart and making them suffer like she once did, and this person was Pip unfortunately. Miss. H is making Pip fall in love with Estella, and I believe Miss. H is telling Estella to say all those rude and nasty things to Pip. She is teaching Estella to break everyone's hearts, and to not care about it, she is telling her to play with their emotions and hurt them in the process. Miss. Havisham is taking joy out of Pip's pain and misery and so is Estella. I hope Pip will realise that Estella isn't the girl for him and he will leave her before he gets his heart broken. Hopefully he'll find another girl that's right for him.
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ReplyDeleteI think Mrs. Joe got so mad when she found out Joe got summoned by Miss. Havisham because she's heard about how amazing everything is there and she want to see it and experience it for herself. It could also be because she's jealous that her brother and husband get to see this place and she doesn't, she could also think that they are or would keep things secret from her. Another reason for her being mad could be because her husband is going over to another woman's house, and overprotective people like Mrs. Joe would be very concerned about that, because no one knows why she wants to see him or what they are going to talk about or do while they are there. This reveals that Mrs. Joe is an overprotective wife and she gets jealous easily. She wants to be able to see and experience things with her own eyes. Story telling just wont cut it anymore.