T Donovan's Online Journal

Woke up
I woke up to the piercing sound of my alarm ringing in my ears

Washed
I turned on my shower and the shocking chill of the cold water was a slap round the face to reassure i was awake

Had breakfast
The silky nutella and soft bread filled my stomach

Brush my teeth
The minty fresh toothpaste refeshing my breath and filling my nose.

Went to school

The loud music saving me from boredom as i travelled to school

In Chapter 25 Pip gets to know Bentley Drummle. He discovers that he is quite a sulky fellow as pip describes and that he came of rich people down in somersetshire however unlike rich gentleman like himself he is alot thicker then the normal. The other person he met was a man named startop and was quite different to drummle but had a few similarities. Startop was home schooled and seemed to of been spoilt by his mother which caused him to devoted affection towards her. After the dinner with Herbet pip writes to Wemmick as he had not seen him in quite a few weeks. Pip decides to meet with Wemmick as they discus the resent events that have taken place in Pips life. As they arrive At Wemmicks, Pip is amazed to see that wemmicks house is actually a type of Castle about the same size as a house but with its own Moat.

In chapter 23 pip first goes to the Royal exchange which he finds the commercial world quite unpleasant with Herbert Pocket. After the visit he returns to Mathew Pocket house for tutoring. Pip discovers that Pockets house is quite different to the ordinary with servants working everywhere around the house. During the tutoring Pip meets his fellow student called Bentley Drummle who pip finds quite unpleasant. While at dinner with the Pockets and drummle his especially attentive to his table manners and the way he addresses himself at the dinner table as he is not usedd to being in such a upper class environment. He also observes how the pockets are socially and how peculiar they are.

In Chapter 26 Pip and his new acquaintances sit down for dinner at Jaggers house in Soho which appears to pip as quite a upper class and fancy house. AS they sit down and dinner is served a pale and saddened women walks out with the food being served. Pip describes her face and quotes ‘like the faces i had seen rise out of the witches caldron’ which is referring to the play Macbeth that he has seen. After Pip and the other have finished eating their dinner the house keeper with the face of witch is with them to collect the dishes to clean them. When doing so Jaggers stops what she is doing and demands her to show them her wrist, after pleadingly refusing she pulls up her sleeve and shows her scared and disfigured wrist. Jaggers brags as he quotes ‘now this is power’. Portaying that Jaggers is quite attracted to showing his dominance over his servants and almost a type of arrogance as he is boasting his capabilities of being able to show his power to his students.

Chapter 22 follows on from where Pip and Mr pockets son realise they have met before at Miss Havishams. Pip discovers that Mr pocket son thinks of estella having met her before as a ‘Tartar’. He states that she is ‘haughty and calricious to the last degree and has been brought up by Miss Havisham to wreak revenge on all male sex’.

We as the readers know strongly that this is true but pip still has fierce love for Estella. Pip is then informed that Estella is actually Miss Havishams adopted daughter and that Mr Pocket is is Miss Havishams cousin.

At dinner with Mr pocket pip is taught how to properly eat like a ‘gentleman’ and how he should hold his cutlery and use it. As they continue to converse pip mentions the promise pocket kept which was to tell Pip about Miss Havisham. He says how miss havisham was an only child and how mother died young but her father was a very rich brewer. Then how when Miss havisham was older an odd sort of man began to become devoted to her and how she passionatly loved her.

As pip is introduced to is new life in London with a great fortune he finds himself travilling to the Baranrd inn with Mr wemmick where he will be residing. In pips eyes Mr wemmick seems to be a ‘dry man’ and has an expression which seemed to be ‘imperfectly chipped out with a dull edged chisel’. They finally arrived at Barnards inn and to Pips disappintment it is nothing what he expected. Pip imagined it as a hotel but what instead it was a ‘shabby building squeezed together in a rank corner as a club for Tom cats’.

Pip further describes the inn and its surrounding area as a dismal place and melancholy. He discovers that the in was ‘so imperfect was this realisation of the first of my great expectations’. This portays that pip has the depressing thought that Pips great expecations may not turn out to be so ‘great’. Pip enters the dismal inn where he is left in his room. Later Mr pocket(pips tutuor) arrives later followed by his son. Pip sees him as a familiar face but when they first have proper contact they both recognise eachtoher and Mr pockets son turns out to be the pale young gentleman he met at Miss Havishams.

The next day Pip decides to take the deal the lawyer Jaggers has offered. He believes that this offer is just too good to turn down but he feels heavy sympathy for Joe although acting very snobbishly towards most of them.  However all of a sudden people begin to be much nicer to Pip now that hes going to inherit a large fortune especially Pumblechook who always been not the nicest of people to Pip. Still worrying about Joe and the close relationship they have recently grown he attempts to comfort him but he does not see much emotion coming Joe except for sadness. He visits Miss Havishams one last time and begins to believe that Miss Havisham is the mystery person who has gifted Pip with this large sum of money.

Chapter 18 begins with Pip listening in on a story Mr wopsle is sharing about a murder trial from the newspaper. A large dark man began to question wopsle but he seemed rather familiar to Pip. He looked like the man that was on the staircase in miss Haivshams house. He introduces himself as the lawyer Jaggers and explains that Pip will inherit a large fortune if Pip moves to London and become educated as a gentleman. However Pip must never know the name of the man that is giving him this money. Pip is rather struck by this and cant quite believe what he has just been asked.

In Chapter 14 Pip begins to work in joe’s forge but hates working as his apprentice but his does not want to hurt Joe so he puts up with it and continues to keep on working and keeps his feelings to himself. Pip also continues to think that he sees the girl that he loves Estelles face mocking him.

In chapter 15 Pip is still trying to expand his knowledge and as well helps teach Joe how to read.Pip then meets Joe’s forge worker orleg who makes his life even worse as he is vicous and hateful and treats pip with little amount of respect. Orlick also broke into a verbal argument with mrs joe but Joe is quick to defend her. Pips life continues to get more misreable as he ventures to miss Havsihams  where he discovers Estella has moved abroad as Miss havisham is secretly relishing the hurt Pip is suffering, the same pain she had suffered many years ago. As he returns home he learns that Mrs Joe has been attacked and is greatly brain damaged.

Chapter 16 beings with pip learning that the weapon Mrs Joe was attacked with was the leg irons from the escaped convicts as they are suspected of the attack. Mrs Joe who is now unable to speak draws a T which they presume is intended to be a hammer so they demand Orlick too come see Mrs Joe. however to everyones surprise she seems happy too see him.

In chapter 7 pip begins to go to school at mr wopsle great aunts house however its not good education as she sleeps through lessons. While at school Pip met Mr Woplses great Aunts granddaughter called Biddy. One night Pip is practising his writing with Joe however he discovers that Joe is not very well at reading and explains how his father was an alcoholic and used to beat his mother therefore Joe had to to help his father and his drinking problems so he never had time to go to school. Joe says how he like he supports mrs gargery but cant control her temper. When Pip arrives at mr pumblchook mrs gargery has been telling everyone that pip has to serve as Estellas playmate.