Predictions...

So far in the book Great Expectations, not a lot of major events have happened. But yet the book moves along because the author describes everything in so much vivid detail that it really draws the reader in.

Quick Summary:
       Pip (main character) meets a homeless convict. This man threatens/forces Pip to bring him food to him the next day. Pip does so and later the next day the King's military comes to have Pip's family fix a weapon. The soldiers (and Pip and his uncle) then travel to the commentary to look for the convict Pip had helped. Two convicts are found and both are captured. This marks the end of a significant event of Pip's life. The story skips ahead a year to when a rich lady named Miss Havisham asks Pip to visit her and play with her adopted daughter. Seeing this as a great opportunity for Pip to learn the way of upper classman and to experience what it's like to live high up in the social hierarchy, Pip's family, more than enthusiastically, agrees. at the Havisham's mansion, Pip meets a rude, condescending, yet extremely beautiful girl. This girl is Estella, Miss Havisham's daughter. Estella makes fun of Pip and his poor upbringings, which makes Pip feel really bad about himself.

Charles Dickens:

There are a lot of different ways that the story could go from this point on. I have watched the trailer for the movie, so I kind of have an idea of how this book will continue. But there are still facets of the plot that I have NO idea how it's going to unravel. I do have a few predictions, however.

First off, I think that Pip is going to turn into a very self- conscious and ashamed boy because of the horrid things that Estella said about his being poor. Pip could try very hard to learn to act like Estella and her family and eventually leave his real family because he feels he's "too good for them" I also think that he is going to fall in love with Estella despite how much she has and will hurt him and Estella will fall in love with Pip against her will. A lot of the story could also be focused on Pip trying to impress Estella and the obstacles he has to overcome to be with Estella.

There are also some very confusing parts of the text. For example, how did Pip's parents die- was it an accident or was someone set out to get them? The book starts with Pip in the cemetery and imagining what his parents looked like based on their tombstones, so inevitably, I kind of want to know what happened to them...

Also, I wonder if Estella and Pip will ever end up together, or if it just isn't meant to be with Pip coming from such a different background as Estella did. Will Estella do something so soulless that makes Pip resent her forever?

Pip and Estella from BBC adaptations of Great Expectations:

So far, this classic has DEFINATELY been a lot better than I expected, and although it is sometimes hard to follow the 'ancient' language, the general gist of what's happening can be clearly understood.