GENERAL
1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read, and explain how the narrative fulfills the author's purpose (based on your well-informed interpretation of same).
1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read, and explain how the narrative fulfills the author's purpose (based on your well-informed interpretation of same).
Pip is a poor orphan who helps a convict after
being startled by him. The convict is captured but lies for Pip and says that
he stole the supplies himself. Pip then is taken to Miss Havisham´s house where
he meets Estella. After meeting Estella he wishes to become a gentlemen so he
can marry her. Pip continues to go to Miss Havisham´s house until he is ordered
to become a blacksmith. He is then granted his wish of becoming a gentlemen, mysteriously,
and goes to London where he finds out the man who gave him the money was the
convict, who is also Estella´s father. The convict dies, Pip wants to go and
marry Biddy but he discovers that she is married to Joe. At the end, Pip finds
Estella and they live happily ever after.
2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.
The theme of Great Expectations revolves around social class. He
has to deal with feeling unwanted because he wasn’t a gentlemen and once he became
one he lost a lot. In the end where you stand does matter. It can open doors
like it did for Pip, or it can hold you back and not they you move forward with
yourself.
3. Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).
Pip’s tone is somewhat sad, but hopeful. He
mentions the things that happened in his life and uses his tone and diction to
paint a picture. His tone demonstrates the hope for his expectations and
desires to be loved.
--"I loved her against reason, against
promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all
discouragement that could be."
4. Describe a minimum of ten literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the author's purpose, the text's theme and/or your sense of the tone. For each, please include textual support to help illustrate the point for your readers. (Please include edition and page numbers for easy reference.)
Narration:
"...I called myself Pip, and came to be
called Pip”
Personification:
"He gave me a most tremendous dip and
roll, so that the church jumped over its own weather cock."
Colloquialism:
"You fail, or you go from my words in
any parickler, no matter how small it is, and your heart and your
liver..."
Foil:
"Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut
your throat!"
Simile:
"So, we had our slices served out as if
we were two thousand troops on a forced march instead of a man.”
Point of
view:
"I looked all around for the horrible
young man, and could see no signs of him."
Allusion:
"...and give us Mark Antony´s oration
over the body of Caesar."
Apostrophe:
"Ah! poultry, poultry! You little
thought," said Mr. Pumblechook, apostrophizing the fowl in the dish,"
Chiasmus:
"Yes a gentleman may not keep a
public-house; may he? said I. "Not on any account," returned Herbert;
"but a public-house may keep a gentleman."
Anaphora:
"... one [man's] a blacksmith, and one's
a whitesmith, and one's a goldsmith, and one's a coppersmith. Divisions among
such must come, and must be met as they come."
CHARACTERIZATION
1. Describe two examples of direct characterization and two examples of indirect characterization. Why does the author use both approaches, and to what end (i.e., what is your lasting impression of the character as a result)?
Direct Characterization:
CHARACTERIZATION
1. Describe two examples of direct characterization and two examples of indirect characterization. Why does the author use both approaches, and to what end (i.e., what is your lasting impression of the character as a result)?
Direct Characterization:
The author uses direct characterization to describe the
characters physical features. We can see this when he introduces several
characters.
--"mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going,
foolish, dear fellow.."
--"A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with
an old rag tied round his head."
Indirect
Characterization:
The author uses indirect characterization to describe a
character´s personality. We can see this when the characters talk with one
another.
--“You made your own snares."
2. Does the
author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character?
How? Example(s)?
The author's syntax does change. When not focusing on a character he writes using the same style, but when he does focus on characters his syntax changes.
The author's syntax does change. When not focusing on a character he writes using the same style, but when he does focus on characters his syntax changes.
3. Is the
protagonist static or dynamic? Flat or round? Explain.
Pip is dynamic and round character. In Pip's life, his surroundings dramatically change, causing his character to learn countless lessons. He becomes a completely different person once he moves to London and at the end of the story is left as a round character because of his dynamic experiences.
Pip is dynamic and round character. In Pip's life, his surroundings dramatically change, causing his character to learn countless lessons. He becomes a completely different person once he moves to London and at the end of the story is left as a round character because of his dynamic experiences.
4. After reading
the book did you come away feeling like you'd met a person or read a
character? Analyze one textual example that illustrates your reaction.
It felt like I read
a character because not everyone would take the route Pip took. Pip has
feelings and a heart that feels for another person. But when you consider the
actions he made after becoming a gentlemen, I knew I was reading a character.
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