British Literature Class Notes -- Week 7 (March 8)

Greetings!

Hopefully by this time in the week students have been plugging away with their reading.  Because Great Expectations is such a long book and the pages are fairly dense reading, it's best to do a little every day.  Sitting down and reading almost a hundred pages in a day would be very overwhelming

Last week our reading took us from Pip as a young boy to a Pip as a young man who has suddenly come into some money, his "great expectations."  We figuratively traveled with him from the forge to the city of London.  While our discussion last week centered a lot on the unusual family of the Pockets, we also noted Pip's attitude towards Joe and Biddy and met some new characters:  Mr. Jaggers, Mr. Wemmick, Bentley Drummle, and Herbert Pocket.  This week's reading will continue to add more information about these characters.  (Mr. Wemmick is one of my favorites!)

For those who have been including some audio versions of the book into their reading, continue to do so. 

Our discussion leader for next week is Caleb.

Assignments for Next Week:

-- Read pages 191 to 286

-- Write 3 discussion questions

Have a great week!

Mrs. Prichard