Project: Book club (GREAT EXPECTATIONS) 3.g1

1. Think about the way Miss Havisham lives. Can you explain it? Why does she live the way she lives? 2. Re-read the last sentence in chapter 7."I walked home very unhappily, thinking about all I had seen, and deeply conscious that I was a common labouring boy."What do you think Pip wants from life, and why? How might he be able to achieve it?Why would he think of himself as common? 3. What were Pip's "great expectations"? Explain. 4. What were Miss Havisham's plans for Pip and Estella? Explain. 5. Who is Pip's benefactor? Why did he do what he did? Pip? How did Pip feel when he found out who his benefactor was? Did this affect Pip's life, plans and hopes for the future? If yes,in what way? Explain. 6. Who is Estelle? What do we learn about her life throughout the novel? Do you judge her? If yes, why? If no, why? 7. How was Miss Havisham "trapped" her whole life? How was Estelle "trapped"? How would you summarize their lives in a couple of sentences? 8. How do you see the ending of this book? Is there a happy ending for Pip and Estelle? Why? What happens next in your opinion? 9. Imagine that it is five years after the end of Dickens's story. Write an additional chapter (min 250-300 words), from Estelle's point of view. Explain what has happened to each of the surviving main characters and how their lives have changed. Go to exam.net and write the paper there. The exam key will be sent to you. This analysis and the paper will be graded. Understood? Answer below.