1st Quarter

I did surprisingly well in this class. It was really hard at first, but I did all the work, so I got a pretty good grade. I thought I would fail this class. I learned that I'm not a bad writer, and I need to write down on my hand when the blogs are due. I need to manage my time better for the rough drafts, I always forget those. The class enviroment is fine. My goals for Quarter 2 are to continue to improve my writing, enjoy the books we read, be a more analytical thinker, and to get a good grade.

Note to Mrs. Froehlich

My paragraphs are all messed up for my Great Expectations responses. It wouldn't let me go to the next line for some of them, so paragraphs are all together. Sorry about that.

Great Expectations #5

By the end of the novel, Miss Havisham's perspective has drastically changed. She seemed to have no heart at the beginning of the novel, because her heart was broken by a man we now know as Compeyson. By the end, she regrets making Estella into such a cold person. She just wanted her to be happy. Miss Havisham repeats, over and over, "What have I done! What have I done!" (370). She asks Pip if there is anything that she can do for him, and she just wants to make everything right again. This is in such a contrast to the Miss Havisham of before, who made Pip miserable for years. Pip reaches a turning point in his life, when he tries to sneak out of the country with Magwitch. The whole plot doesn't work, because Compeyson foils it. Magwitch is critically injured, and brought to jail. He is found guilty, and sentenced to death. Pip goes from despising this man, to loving him. It is important too, because it reminds him of his dear brother-in-law Joe, and how faithful he was. Pip learns about himself through interactions with other people. Magwitch tells him on the day of his death, "Thank'ee, dear boy, thank'ee. God bless you! You've never deserted me, dear boy" (427). Pip has truly been tested now, and he has remained faithful and loyal to Magwitch. Great Expectations was a wonderful book, and I'm glad that I read it for quarter one, even if it was really long and the type was really small.