https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3 en-us 2022-05-01 19:18:07 UTC 2022-05-02 00:59:34 UTC hello@padlet.com 22ethertonv https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165956911 "'If you can cough any trifle on it up, Pip, I'd recommend you to do it,' said Joe, all aghast. 'Manners is manners, but still your elth's your elth.'" 

Very frequently throughout the beginning of the novel, Dickens highlights Joe's lack of education through his speech when he uses the "th" sound incorrectly. This reminds me of the malapropism used by Shakespeare in "Much Ado About Nothing." This leads me to believe that Dickens will frequently highlight the differences and nuances of different socioeconomic classes at the time.]]> 2022-05-01 19:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165956911 22ethertonv https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165963017 "She was not a good-looking woman, my sister; and I had a general impression that she must have made Joe Gargery marry her by hand. Joe was a fair man..."

Here, Pip comments on the fact that she doesn't find his sister attractive, so he believes that there is no way she should be married to Joe unless she forced him. This indicates to me that much of the book will be able to be analyzed through the gender lens because Dickens reflects commonly held beliefs about men and women in London during the Victorian Era.]]> 2022-05-01 19:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165963017 22ethertonv https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165964452 "I had often watched a large dog of ours eating his food; and I now noticed a decided similarity between the dog's way of eating, and the man's. The man took strong sharp sudden bites, just like the dog. He swallowed, or rather snapped up, every mouthful..."

Dickens uses this simile to show Pip's point of view of the convict. This reveals to the reader the desperation of the convict at the time as well as possible fear that Pip was experiencing in the moment. ]]> 2022-05-01 19:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165964452 22ethertonv https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165971149 "So imperfect was this realization of the first of my great expectations, that I looked in dismay at Mr. Wemmick. 'Ah!' said he, mistaking me; 'the retirement reminds you of the country. So it does me.'"

This part in the story is the first instance in which the title of the story is directly mentioned. This part is important because this is the first time in which Pip's expectations (that an upper-class lifestyle is significantly better than the life he lead before) are destroyed when he realizes that this isn't the case.

]]> 2022-05-01 19:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165971149 22ethertonv https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165974109 "I thought how Joe and my sister were then sitting in the kitchen, and how I had come up to bed from the kitchen, and how Miss Havisham and Estella never sat in a kitchen, but were far above the level of such common doings."

This is another instance on Dickens commentary on social class. Pip notes how Joe and Mrs. Joe are sitting in the kitchen, but Miss Havisham and Estella would never go into a kitchen because that was the place where the help would go. This shows that he is starting to distance himself from his prior life and start identifying with those of a higher socioeconomic status.]]> 2022-05-01 19:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165974109 22ethertonv https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165988639 "He says, no varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself."

This is an instance of Herbert establishing himself as a father figure for Pip. He explains that his father, Matthew Pocket, knew Miss Havisham's suitor, Compeyson, and how he was able to tell that he put his wealth on display which made the lies more evident. This establishes Herbert as a true gentleman and Pip looks up to him because he is more true than many of the people around him.]]> 2022-05-01 20:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165988639 22ethertonv https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165998893 "So now, as an infallible way of making little ease great ease, I began to contract a quantity of debt. I could hardly begin but Herbert must begin too, so he soon followed."

Pip reveals that the life of a gentleman is not cheap and he goes into massive debt. He also talks about Herbert suffering from the same problem. This is interesting because, after some research, I have found that gentlemen at the time in London were more likely to go into debt when banks extended credit to people who were more well off and didn't to lower-class individuals. ]]> 2022-05-01 20:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2165998893 22ethertonv https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2166001055 "We spent as much money as we could, and got as little for it as people could make up their minds to give us."

Pip reflects on the amount of money he spent with his friends while living the lifestyle that he went into. He also explains that they were taken advantage of by people who sold things that were "necessary" for their lifestyle. This is important because it shows that many often took advantage of upper-class individuals at the time.]]> 2022-05-01 20:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2166001055 22ethertonv https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2166115642 "I took the opportunity of being alone in the courtyard to look at my coarse hands and my common boots. My opinion of those accessories was not favorable."

Pip sees for the first time, the drastic difference between himself and Miss Havisham and Estella. It is clear the effect that Estella has on his self-esteem when she comments on his coarse hands and common boots, he takes notice of those things about himself.]]> 2022-05-02 00:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2166115642 22ethertonv https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2166120299 "The felicitous idea occurred to me a morning or two later when I woke, that the best step I could take towards making myself uncommon was to get out of Biddy everything she knew."

This quote is interesting because the class structure in England at the time was quite rigid, yet Pip shows his ambition when he believes that all he would need to do is educate himself to increase his status. His belief was somewhat true, but it was very rare for people to have at the time.]]> 2022-05-02 00:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2166120299 22ethertonv https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2166129348 "I had believed in the forge as the glowing road to manhood and independence. Within a single year all this was changed."

This quote shows the change in his thinking such little time living among the upper-class has caused. He looks down upon the profession that he once aspired to and the profession of his father figure, Joe. It shows the beginning of a period that Pip soon regrets where he drifts away from the life he once lived.]]> 2022-05-02 00:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/22ethertonv/o03mbv3z7czz5fh3/wish/2166129348