Oral Exam

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

1.

This story talks about a child, Pip, who hasn’t got parents, so he lives with his sister and her husband Joe. Joe is the backsmith and he always helps Pip.

One day Pip met a convict (Abel Magwitch) on the marshlands and for a time Pip gave him money, food..

Later the convict wanted to help this boy and he paid a lot of money so that Pip could receive education and study.

So Pip, went back and he started to live in London. In this city he met Jaggers (a lawyer), Wemmick (who is his worker) and Herbert Pocket (who is the son of his teacher).

Pip was so happy in London, but he always thought about Estella. She was his love. Estella was adopted by Miss Havisham (who was a strange old lady who hadn’t celebreted her wedding, so, she spent the time in a dark room, wearing a white dress and she had her wedding cake on a big table.

And sometimes Pip went to her house to play with Estella. But she never loves him.

When Pip was 25 years old, Abel Magwitch appeared at his house and he told him the truth... (why he went to prison, why he got a divorce from his wife...). So, Pip wanted to help and protect him from people who wanted to hit or kill Abel. In the end, Abel died in prison and Pip was with him.

Finally, Pip and his best friend Herbert, became partners in a ship company, in India.

Pip visited Joe and he met Estella. She was very loving and friendly with Pip and they became friends for ever.

2.

Yes, I found a turning point and it’s this:

“Now, what I have to say, and remember, I’m only an agent, I don’t speak for myself, is that this young man has great expectations.”

3.

The story takes places in a different cities: Essex and London i n 1860.

4.

In my opinion, the character who takes the role of the story is Pip.

He’s a child who lives with his sister and her husband (because they don’t have parents) and he meets a convict. Pip helps him for a long time and after, the convict gives his money to Pip, so he can receive an education and he can study too, but in London.

The other character is Miss Havisham, who was an old lady who lived in a big house and Pip used to visit her.

5.

The secondary character that I want to discribe is Estella:

She’s a child who was adopted by Miss Havisham. She doesn’t know her parents. She’s very smart, but Estella can never love any boy because Miss Havisham educated her like this.

First, she seems moody, bigheaded and very cold with people (especially with boys). But at the end of the story seems more mature, responsable and loving.

6.

No, I can’t. Because I think that my personallity or caracter is different from the all of characters of the story.

For example: -Estella is cold, and I’m not.

-Miss Havisham is a strange and unfortunate woman.

-Pip sister’s is very moody.

But, maybe I can identify myself with Pip or Herbert, because they always help each other and the other people, and I do the same.

7.

My favourite moment in the story is when Pip meets Estella. He is a little bit sad, because he isn’t lucky in love and she feels the same. Pip always loves Estella, so he is very happy to meet up with her again.

This scene shocked me for two reasons:

-On the one hand, because Estella was really lovely with Pip and changed a lot.

- And on the other hand, because they meet up at the same place where they met for the first time.

8.

To tell the truth, I needed a lot of words, but the key words were:

-proud (orgullós)

-inherit (heretar)

-bright future (futur brillant)

-may (potser)

-suffered (patir)

-shelter (refugi)

Of course, there are more words but sometimes I knew the word in the context of the sentence.

9.

The ending of the story is so beautiful for me. But maybe, I would prefer that Pip gets married to Biddy, because she always loves and helps him.

Another possible ending would be that Pip’s sister doesn’t die and Joe continues with her, so at the end, Biddy and Pip love each other and celebrete the wedding.

10.

Yes. Because I think that it’s really interesting. Before I started reading the book I thought that it would be boring but as I went on reading it I started to enjoy it. It is the kind of book that holds your attention.