Great Expectations Skit Prep!!

Three parts of the novel I would most like to see performed in class would be first, Pip's first run in with the convict, Abel Magwitch, which I sets the stage for an important recurring motif in the book. During this scene, a young Pip walks through the courtyard, when suddenly, the convict jumps and once he figures out he has access to tools demands he get him a file. This would be good material for a scene because it can be made quite dramatic and meaningful, and to a person who has never read the book, would make them want to read it. In addition, his first, though quite awkward, encounter with Miss Havisham and Estella. This is when Pip immediately, from when she opens the door to his depature, falls in love with Estella, and it also introduces her decieving and misguided personality, in addition to Havishams iron-fisted control over her. The two play cards together, despite Pip's reluctance, which would be quite good skit material due to it's introduction of the relationship between Havisham and Estella A final memorable part would have to be when Magwitch comes forth to Pips apartment, and reveals he had made a fortune in sheep ranching, and that he was Pip's benefactor, for all those years, much to his astonishment. This scene is important and should be performed because it tells of the source of Pip's expectiations, and elaborates on his main goal in the book.

Great Expectations:Question!

There is one thing that I've have really been curious about since the first time I read through the chapter that it was in, and it was Pip's first real, meaningful conversation with his love and admiration, Estella. My question to all of you, does Estella really mean what she is saying to Pip in Chapter 29 Pg. 252-255, all the things that are going into his head, or is she just feeding to him what she was told to say by Miss Havisham, who still(though Estella may truely love him), possibly does not intend for Pip to marry her, despite all his efforts to become a fine gentleman?

Great Expectations:The First Stage

Based on this quote, I think that Pip is referring to the first time he ever encountered Miss Havisham and Estella, and became aware of his status on the social ladder, and ever since has been dissatisfied with his life and the way it is going. This day altered him because it was the day that he decided to become a gentleman, mostly because he has wanted to win the heart of Estella. Pip's character has developed in the sense that he has become more mature, more aware of his current state in life, and has increased his desire to better himself by taking direct action.
The one day in my life that made me become the person I am would probably have to be the day my math teacher recommened me for a higher level math class then I expected. Beforehand, I was struggling at math and a few other areas in school, and was stuck in a never ending cycle of thinking I was never going to get better at any of them. By that time, I started to dedicate myself over the summer, getting tutors and other things, and going into all of my classes with a positive attitude, and as a result, I have gotten better grades over the past semester then I had ever gotten in middle school, and has made me a much happier person.