Reading Assignment 2

After smuggling the the food and the file from his house, Pip snuck around the forest in search of the convict. When he sees a man lying on the ground he assumes that this must be the man he is looking for. He awakens the man who turns out to be a different convict. They are both freightened by each other's presence and flee the scene. Eventually, he is able to find the convict he is looking for, making his theft is complete. He is able to rush home in time for Christmas mass and nobody noticed that he had done anything wrong. However, the next day is a different story.

The Gargerys had invited a few friends from the church over for a Christmas Day dinner. They are a low class family so this was just about the only thing they could do to celebrate. Pip knew that his secret was about to explode in his face. Throughout the entire dinner, he stayed on the edge of his seat waiting to be exposed. He really did not even notice that he was constantly a topic of conversation at dinner. He was attacked left and right by everyone at the table but he only thought about the pork pie. Once it is time for dessert and the pie, Pip's guilt becomes too much for him. Just as he is about to be exposed he takes off for the door but is intercepted by soldiers on the doorstep. For now, he was safe. Everyone was wrapped up in the chaos at the door and did not notice Mrs. Joe complaining.

The soldiers want Joe to make shackels to arrest the two convicts in. The people at the party take it one step further and help them search. The whole time Pip is concerned for the well being of the prisoner named Magwitch. After looking for hours and a bloody fight, both convicts are captured. Magwitch understands Pip did not sell him out and covers for him in the pork pie incident. Pip felt he should have told Joe the truth but he valued his trust too much. He was not about to risk it if he did not need to.

A few years later, Pip received the opportunity to to become in a way a hired friend to a rich yet mysterious woman named Miss Havisham. Pip expected to spend a few hours with a slim, attractive woman but found the complete opposite when he arrived. She spent her life sitting in a dark room in her wedding dress. Also the clocks on the property were stopped. Still, Pip learns that he does not have to settle for what he is meant to be in life. He can go out and do what he wants to do.