Skit!!!!!

The first scene that I think would be really entertaining to act out is when the convict (Magwitch) confronts Pip and pushes him around and stuff. I think that everyone would have a good time with this scene because it is exciting and humorous at the same time. This scene shows how Pip and Magwitch first meet.

Another good scene is when Pip meets Miss Havisham for then first time. This scene would be really funny to watch because of how the person playing Miss Havisham would act and talk. I think that they would have a very hard time not laughing just because the scene is kind of awkward. It is also a pretty big part of the play because it's when the reader learns everything "weird" about her; her dress, the clocks, the cake, etc.

For the last one, I think that the scene where Mrs. Joe gets hit on the head with the leg iron would be good. We could have the person who hits her cover their face because it was a bit of a mystery to who killed Mrs. Joe. I know that some of the boys particularly would have a good time with this scene just because of the violence.

Question numberrrr 2!!!

In chapter 43 in the first couple pages, (352-354), Pip is saying that since his benefactor is a convict, he can no longer be with Estella (even though he really wasn't from the beginning). I understand the reason for him to feel this way, because he thinks she won't want him because all his money is coming from a convict, but why would he even tell her where all the money came from? Can't he just keep it quiet so that Estella will think it's his money? Maybe it's because he would feel guilty, but I still don't understand it completely. If he told her that it came from a man named Magwitch, how would she know he is a convict? I don't think she will even care where the money came from, so why does he think she will care so much? And why does he need to tell her where it came from in the first place?

There has been a few things that I have not understood in the book, but the one that stands out to me most is how Estella can be so rude and not even think about Pip's feelings. She did not like Pip from the beginning just because he was "common". It's obvious that Miss Havisham doesn't want Estella to like Pip because she did tell her to break his heart, for her own purposes, but that doesn't mean Estella has to listen. When Estella says, "Oh! I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in,I have no doubt, and, of course, if it ceased to beat, I should cease to be. But you know what I mean. I have no softness there, no-sympathy-sentiment-nonsense." (238), she is saying that she has a heart, but its just filling a place in her chest that's practically empty. But she has to have some softness and sympathy just for telling Pip that, she just chooses to hide it so she doesn't seem weak. She's giving Pip a reason, where if she didn't have any sympathy and softness she would just keep hurting Pip with no reason for it. Why would she not want to seem weak? Nobody would hold anything against her, so what's the point?

Photo

I think that this photo symbolizes when Pip has to leave his life he knows to go become somethings he's been dreaming of; A gentleman. In the photo, the boy jumping off the building to go fly with the birds represents Pip taking the "leap". He doesn't know what to expect, he will either succeed or fail, which has to be hard for him. It is also very hard on Pip to say goodbye, especially to Joe, but he knows that there is a great reward coming his way if he just is brave and takes the leap.