The list of events that Great expectations gives you.

          Pip is a boy that often encounters people that often give him either trouble or give him a misconception. For example Pip was having his Christmas dinner with the minister Dan, Uncle Pumblechook, mr. Wopsle, and Mrs. Joe.  Now you might say wait Pip "meaning me" you are not making sense at all stop giving me a list of names and directing me to what seems to be in the middle of the story. But this is far more important than what you think. You see While they are eating there dinner Pip notices that one of the pies were missing. So he notified the members of the dinner and they just laughed and thought somebody must have eat it. Then soldiers enter the house and asks that Joe, Mr. Wopsle, and Pip to go search for escaped prisoners.
         They come to a conclusion that it is to dangerous for Pip to go and has him stay behind and live with  Miss havisham and Estella. Know Pip as you may know is an orphan and Joe is Pips legal guardian. So he needs him to watch over him but all of the sudden they realize that the pie was stolen from the prisoners and because of that Pip had to live somewhere else. Now what Charles Dickens is doing is that he is having a simple item such as a pie make such a problem that it has pip live somewhere else. Now trust me moving is a huge event in your life and Pip since that he was an orphan he was exposed to plenty of moving.
       So he creates this ingenious way to have an item stick out and allow it redirect the story. Now this is just one of many examples but  to be honest now that i finished Great Expectations it is one of my most favorite books. But because of examples like these it makes me absolutely reevaluate the way books should be written!

Great Expectations for Great Expectations.

          Every time I meet an adult who is fascinated by my name the conversation always steers to are you named after the character Pip in the book Great Expectations, the answer is always no. So after hearing about how good the book is and the way Charles Dickens writes with such beauty. I have decided to give Great expectations a shot, with very high expectations!
          The book magically starts off with a description of each character and in that description Charles Dickens describes the main character as a smart, friendly, boy. He is an orphan child that has never even gotten to know or see his parents and his name is Pip. Pip often tries to think or make descriptions to how he thinks his parents look like. The descriptions aren't just random, but very baffling in the fact that he uses objects that are next to his parents graves site as descriptions of their physical appearance. The reason that i said that Pip does that is I think he is confused on how he is supposed to live his life. One day a man comes up to him threatening to kill him if he doesn't bring him food. Pip acts in a very awkward way and agrees to meet him alone with the food and goods and if he accomplished that he would not be killed. Now I don't want to spoil the story and tell you what happens, but I will tell you is Charles Dickens doesn't tell you a story he puts you right inside the brain of Pip and secretly describes every emotional action Pip makes.
           Now I realize why this book got praises from so many people I know, because it is everything you need in a book. The writing is something that you can only dream about actually writing a book like that your self. The story is one of the best stories I have read period! But the real genius in this book is the material and there is nothing more raw than the characters and the creativity. I am not trying to sell you this book nor am I suggesting it. All I am saying is this is the best book I have read in my entire life and there is no doubt in my mind that it will stay this way!