Great Expectations (study questions)

1) Why does Pip insist on helping this convict out when he could easily just leave him there chained?
2) Why does Pip suddenly regret helping the convict?
A: He regrets helping him out because he thinks maybe he might get in trouble with the law.
3) Why do the police bust into the house?
A: Not to arrest Pip but for Joe to fix their handcuffs.
4) Why doesn't the convict "throw Pip under the bus" why does he protect him?
5) Why is Estella so rude to Pip?
A: She does not approve of his low social class.
6) Why does Pip lie to Joe about what happened at the mansion?
A: He does it to seem cool but feels guilty and tells Joe the truth later.
7) Why does Joe give Pip a pep talk?
A: He wants Pip to be successful in life.
8) Why does Pip decide to try much more in school?
A: He is taking Joe's advice to heart.
9) Why is Pip forced I fight the man at Estella's house?
10) Why does it seem like Estella hates everyone?

Great Expectations

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is one of the few story's that depict Charles Dickens actual life he loved when he was growing up. He grew up as a young boy who fought poverty often. The story begins in England where a boy named Philip Pirrip (Pip) is described as a poor orphan boy, much like Charles Dickens childhood. Pip is looking at his parents gravestones in the graveyard when suddenly a man in chains grabs him and forces Pip to bring him food and something to cut through his chains. All of these thigs that happen in the beginning of this story make you think what kind of life Charles Dickens actually led. This makes you also think what parts of his life did he also include into his other novels because he lived such a different life that maybe there are other parts of his life he includes in his other great novels.

Dickens Novel "Great Expectations"

I think Charles Dickens titled his book Great Expectations because he expects the orphan Pip to persevere over his circumstances and achieve great things hence the name "Great Expectations".

Big Question Introduction

Big Question introduction

Inspirational Poem

Don't Quit

by: Unknown Author

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit.
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns.
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out:
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far:
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

Reasons: this poem is very inspirational and can relate to anyone it speaks to you telling you to stick with it and always have faith and to never give up on anything.

Abstract Big Question

Q: How does music affect people?

Background: Music has been around for millions of years since the beginning of time people made music with any items they could find in order to entertain themselves.

Need: The need for music varies person to person. Some people devote their lives and have music in everyday of their life, but some people do not have music in their lives as much. But regardless if you enjoy music a lot or not as much music is a part of every persons life.

Purpose: Music has a way of affecting people in such a way that they act and change their feelings just by listening to a song. I am very interested in why music affects people psychologically and want to do research to figure out why it makes people act a certain way.

Organization: When researching for any topic you have to make sure you have creditable sources. Once i have all the sources I need for my Big Question i will organize it into a easy and well organized research paper.

Literature Analysis #4 Lord of the Flies

1) In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a story of a group of fleeing British school boys escaping the troubles of a war terrorizing their homes. The plane thy are escaping on ends up crashing on a deserted island. The boys find that their pilot and all adults are dead and only the young school boys are still alive. At first the boys are very happy and spend much of their time playing and having fun on the island. Then a leader emerges from the group named Ralph (the protagonist) voted to lead by all of the boys because of his seniority and age old then most boys. Also another potential leader is Jack (the antagonist) whose ideas often clash with the main leaders Ralph. Ralph's right hand man is Piggy a chubby but smart young man who is often bullied by many of the boys on the island because of his size and how nerdy he is. Jack and Ralph's ideas eventually cause them to split the group of boys up with some following Ralph and a majority of them following Jack because Jack is all about having fun. The two groups fight constantly often ending in Jack's group winning and killing some of the boys. eventually Ralph is the last boy in his group with many of his members dead or deserting him for Jack's group. Jack seeks ultimate power on the island and attempts to take Ralph out of the picture by killing him, as Jack's group is chasing Ralph through the island they almost catch him when he stumbles and falls at the feet of a commander and is eventually saved.

2) The main theme in Lord of the Flies is the loss of innocence. As the boys before they crash on the island they are a bunch of law abiding, rule obeying private school boys. but as time progresses and they live longer on the island without an adult figure they are forced to grow up and make their own decisions and make their own laws. Thus forcing all the boys to grow up, even though  many of their choices are not very good and end up hurting many of the boys the fact that they had to grow up so fast is an example of the theme of the loss of innocence.

3) William Golding's tone in the book Lord of the Flies is very serious but at times very joking. He has to be  very serious at times because they boys are growing up into what they think are men. Also many of the boys are dying and being bullied so Golding 's tone at those times and most of the book is very serious. Golding also is very joking in many parts of the book too. When the boys are playing  or telling jokes Golding shows his tone through the lighter part of things happening on the island.

4) Four of the literary elements in the book used by Golding are; protagonist, antagonist, symbolism, and foreshadowing. The protagonist in the book is Ralph, a very loving, intelligent and born leader. The audience automatically falls in love with his character is the stand out protagonist in the story. The antagonist is jack also a clear antagonist. The audience sees right away that jack is a manipulative and evil person. He is always clashing with Ralph and is a clear choice for the antagonist. There are many symbols in the book, the fire/Piggy's glasses are seen as a symbol of hope and keeping the kids alive. Also the "monster" on the island is a symbol that represents all the boy's deepest fears. When the boys see the monster first it is an example of foreshadowing, once they see it and start making sacrifices to it you can just foreshadow that more bad is going to come of the boys being on the island.