Reading Asignment 4

Dodge Orlick is a worker at Joes forge. One day Orlick and Mrs.Joe have an arguement and Joe is called on to fight Orlick to defend his wifes honor. He defeates Orlick quickly. Pip comes home one day to find Mrs.Joe has been attacked. She was struck in the head with and iron. She is left alive but braindead and needs constant help. Mrs.Joe begins to write a "T" on her slate which is tought to be a hammer representing Orlick. All of these clues put together point ot Orlick as Mrs.Joes attacker but we dont know despite help from very distinguished detectives. Biddy moves in to Care for Mrs.Joe. Pip begins to teach Joe how to read and write at night. when he finds that he is going on his apprenticeship and that he has inherited all of this money he turns hostile. He is rude to his friends and family. Pip goes to Miss Havisham's one more time. She is very kind to him and this makes him believe that she is his benefactor. When he returns home he feels bad and asks biddy to continue joe's education while he is gone.

Reading Asignment 3

Uncle P extends the hospitality of allowing pip to stay at his house before he goes to Miss H's. this shows that Uncle P is a generous man who does care about pip. When Pip goes to see Miss Havisham he is surprised to see what she and her possesions, house and etc. look like. She is extremely old and not very well taken care of. All of the clocks are set to the same time and there is an old rotted wedding cake in the dining room. Pip lies about his expierience there because everyone expected it to be very grand. Joe then takes pip to the local pub where he is stared at by a strange man who is stirring his drink with a file. This file may be the same file that pip stole for the convict and this scares pip.

Reading Asignment 2

Pip takes the stuff to the marshes for his convict and ends up waking up another convict who runs off. Pip's family then prepares for christmas dinner. Pip cant stand being around his relatives because they are roud and constantly lecture him. He cant keep his mind on christmas either because he feels guilty about stealing the stuff for the convict. Then Mrs. Joe goes for the pie that pip stole and it isn't there. Pip then runs to the door where he is met by some soldiers looking to get handcuffs fixed. They then go to capture the convicts in the marshes. Within the next few days pip was summoned to go to Miss Havishams to "play". Everyone including pip is excited.

Reading Asignment 1

Pip meets a convict in the churchyard who has an iron leg. He demands pip to bring him an iron to take the ball and chain off of his leg and wittles which i think are like food and water. He is obviously hungry and tired. On Christmas Eve, Mrs. Joe goes to get the pie and wine that pip stole for the convict and it isn't there. Pip take off to run out the door but is stopped by a group of soldiers.

Shaping Our Society

The Industrial Revolution in the late 18th and early 19th centuries influenced every region or the world in some way, playing a primary role in urbanization and the creation of our modern day cities as well as being responsible for the creation of machine tools and steam power. Canals began to appear in order to export factory made goods. The life expectancy of children increased dramatically in this time period even though child labor was a popular practice. Up until the Industrial Revolution, Great Britain was primarily ruled by a monarchy and few people voted. This would eventually change allowing more people to become involved in politics through voting and running for office. Summarizing, the Industrial Revoluiton shaped the society of today.

Charles Dickens Bio

Charles Dickens was born on Feb. 7 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth in Hampshire. Dickens's family was not wealthy and his father, later joined by the rest of his family, went to Marshalsea debtor's prison. He started working at age 12 in Warren's Blacking Warehouse for 10 hours a day. Later, Dickens attended the Wellington House academy in North London.