skit prep.

One scene I would like to do in class is Pip's "fight" with the pale young gentleman because it is one of the few action scenes in the book. There is not a lot of thinking and sentiments in that scene, so it would be perfect to do in class

Another scene is when Pip goes to meet miss Havisham for the first time because it has action in it and it can actually be acted out. Plus, people can make miss Havisham's creepy voice.

Another scene I think would be good for a skit is the part in the novel when Magwich tells Pip and Herbert part of his history and is describing how he became partners with Comeyson and Arther hallucinated Miss Havisham and killed himself by it becaause it does have a lot of action.

Book Question #2

When Able Magwich is telling his story he taks about Arthur Compeysonand how mean and self-centered he is. The passage says he was once a convict too and Able says,"I had said to Compeyson that I'd smash his that face of his,..."(351) and also that Compeyson was on the marshes as well. That makes me wonder, is Arthur Compeyson the second convict that Pip meets on the marshes, and if so, how is he also Miss Havisham's fiance who left her at the alter?

Questions

On page 258, Mr. Pip and Herbert are talking with Mr. Wopsle, and his friend Mr. Waldengarver, and the owner, at the theater. The owner of the theater tells Mr. Waldengarver," The last Hamlet as I dressedmade the same mistakes in his reading at rehersal, till I got him to put a large, red wafer on each one of his shins." I am wondering what would be the equivalent of a wafer, that he is refering to, in the present day?

Great Expectations

This picture reminds of Pip and Hebert's relationship. In the short time they have known each other in London, they have become the best of friends. They have been practically inseparable and are very close. The two ropes are their lives and the prominent rope is Herbert because he is the one to initiate the friendship, by greeting Pip in a cheerful and very friendly way.