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By Tim Dragun, Alyssa Boucher, Paola Arce, Edric Parker, Bryan Bisenari, Sierra English
Great Expectations: Plot Map
Kent, England
This is Pip's hometown and just like many others in his village, his family is not rich nor too too poor
Kent, England
Graveyard Scene
The story begins in a very interesting way where we meet our main character Pip, and learn that his parents are dead and he is being raised by his sister.
Mr and Mrs Joe
Known to the reader as pip's only living family member and also Joe's wife, mrs.Joe, we get to meet Pip's tyrannical sister, or so he says
The way pip is raised by his sister, and the interactions he has with joe help shape his future
Mr and Mrs Joe
The Convict
During his time in the graveyard next to his town, pip gets snuck up on by the escaped convict.
The convict physically immobilizes pip and threathens to kill him if he doesnt bring him a file and some scraps of food
Pip steals from Joe and Mrs.joe in order to get the convict what he asked for, the convict lets pip go, will pip ever see him again?
Satis Manor House
For some unknown reason pip is invited to Ms. Havisham's house to play with her daughter Estella, who just happens to be very pretty
Through his interactions with Estella and Ms. Havisham pip becomes aware of his discontent with his social standing in life
Estella
Cold <-- Check
Heartless <--Check
Hates men <--Check
Makes fun of Pip <--Check
Kind of an asshole <--Check
= Estella
Estella
Love
Pip in typical story telling fashion falls in love with Estella and for the rest of the story is under the "great Expectation" he wil will marry her some day, and believes that is why Ms.Havisham brough him to her house in the first place
Love
Foreboding?
During His time there pip describes the run down aesthetic of the manor, and even mentions how Ms.Havisham hasen't seen the sun in decades, and is perpetually dressed in a white wedding dress.
Foreboding?
Life after the Satis House
After being in the Satis house and expiriencing a small amount of wealth, Pip becomes extremely dissatisfied with his life and his "commonness"
following this he becomes joe's apprentice as a Blacksmith and his life becomes pretty mundane following that
Benefactor
In the years following, Pip learns about an anonymous benefactor who has left him a huge amount of money
This opportunity allows Pip to go to London and learn how to be a gentleman
Pip assumes his benefactor to be ms.Havisham, and that she is grooming him to become estella's husband
This transaction is to be completed through the lawyer Jaggers
Benefactor
Jaggers
One day at ms. Havisham's, Pip is introduced to this Jaggers, who is a lawyer
Jaggers informs pip of his benefactor but will not under any circumstance reveal who it is
Due to his association with Ms. Havisham Pip makes his assumption
London the city of "Great Expectations"
When Pip arrives in london he finds it unlike what he expected, the city which he thought so much of was busy, dirty, smelly, and not so pretty
Matthew Pocket
Matthew Pocket
Matthew Pocket is the father of Herbert, and is also Pip's tutor and teaches him everything he needs to know to become a gentleman
Wemmick
and
Herbet
Wemmick
and
Herbet
Wemmick is jaggers' clerck, while herbert is the son of matthew Pocket, but both of the young men become close friends to Pip and play important roles in shaping Pip and his interaction with them and other imortant characters
Disdain for his past
Disdain for his past
Throughout his interactions with wemmick and Herbet, we get a sense that Pip really hated his past and shows contempt for people from his "Previous life" such as his former friends and loved ones, even Joe
Everything In Between and All Around
If any of the following categories interst you, we would definitely recommend considering, Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, as your next read...
Growth and Life Lessons
Fundamentality, the main theme of the book is to not be greedy, and self-absorbed wanting more and more wealth for oneself
This book does a great job of showing Pip's growth from the beginning trough his adolescense and at the end where he figures it all out
Love Story
Much like other Victorian literature, some love elements are found in this book in the form of the love of Estella from Pip
while the main focus of the book isn't fully on the love, it's still their and plays a decent role in the story for those who are into that
Plot Twists/Unexpected Occurences
While mentioning this may spoil a little bit of what you could expect if you were to read this book, it is still worth it to mention that the plot of this book does a good job of keeping the reader on his toes and constantly thinking about what may happen next or what the significance of character is
Terrible Endings
Terrible Endings
After some debate, the majority of our group members came to a conclusive result, we didn't particularly like the ending to this book
SO for those of you who like books with good stories but terrible endings, this book is perfect for you because it has a whole two of them