Great Expectations Quote

Stop and think about what what Dickens meant when he said "Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day." Such a great metaphor with a deep meaning. At first glance it is not exactly clear what is meant. Life can change for the better or the worse in one instant. Pip has just had a strange experience, he went to the home of an old strange women just to play; what would you think. Soon after Pip falls in love with Estella a girl at the house, showing signs of maturing. he decides that he does not want to become Joe's Apprentice because he is afraid of what Estella might think. This day forever changed the way Pip saw his family and home.

My life changing day was the day I moved from New York to Washington; quite a difference the two have. I lost friends family and much more. At first i was devastated, i just wanted to go right back home and forget that whole thing ever happened. I hated our decision to come but in the end I think it was beneficial because I have tons of friends and a good thing going on here. In the end I accepted thing for how they were; maybe Pip will too.

Our topic has many aspects to analyze. I will be looking at the Earnest lies linked to pleasure and so on. For my first detail. I am using the scene when Jack explains to Algy that he is Jack in town and Ernest in the country. My commentary will explain that the reason for this is the Pursuit of pleasure, in other words Gwendolyn. My next point is how Algy is just like Jack by pretending to be Ernest in order to win a girl while my commentary will explain Algernon's pursuits of pleasure linked to the lies behind them. And finally i will end with a quote of the titles namesake. My commentary will describe how Earnest means honest but is used as a pun because it is a name and has a meaning. This is perhaps the most important line in the play. I now know the true importance of being Ernest. Because our thesis says that we will describe how the different levels of lies affect the plot and story my commentary will describe how the big lies revolving around Ernest affect all of the characters.


For my three fold transition sentence I am going to use is "Though the lies start off small and comical they grow even bigger affecting everyone and trapping the characters into a weird place.