GREAT EXPECTATIONS:
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). This is about a boy’s life and his troubles. He
likes a girl that doesn’t like him back because he’s not a gentleman. Then this
guy trys to kill him but then funds him to go to school in London to become a
gentleman. Then she likes him and they live happily ever after.
2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Just because they don’t look like a gentleman doesn’t mean they aren’t one.
3. Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s). It’s just describing a boy’s life so it doesn’t really change. But it’s everywhere, depending on how the narrator is feeling.
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.) The author used direct characterization and indirect. He also tricks you with having his boss be Estella’s father when he tried to kill pip in the beginning. Also pip changing into a gentleman.
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)? Pip and Estella’s father are indirect characters. And the direct characters are Estella and her mother because they are typical and common in these types of stories.
2. Does the author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character? How? Example(s)? Not really. It just changes as Pips mood changes since he is the narrator.
3. Is the protagonist static or dynamic? Flat or round? Explain. He goes through a lot of ups and downs and he changes a lot. He goes from a dirty bad boy into a gentleman.
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. yes, it was a good book because it was like stepping into someone’s life and troubles. It was like I met all the characters.
