It's been a while since we finished reading the book Great Expectations. I'm sure that's obvious because of how late this post is.( I'm very sorry about that.) But still, i feel that Pip has left a lasting impression on my creative mind. Giving me a more somber, dreary view of the romantic Victorian era. I felt that it was a good novel. Well rounded, if a little formal, even with the frequent use of low diction. I must say though that I was disappointed my the story's conclusion. It was vague and abrupt and very confusing with the double endings. I'm sure my staccato reading style didn't help my comprehension of the plot much though.
It's true I was one of the students to read the book in large, infrequent chunks. But it seemed the only way that I could squeeze in the time to look over the writing critically and try to understand what was being said. When I wasn't trying to catch up though, I was reading much like Mrs Gilman. Very early in the morning, then while I was stuck in traffic and on into my first period Art class, where for the first twenty minutes we do nothing but talk about music and students' older siblings and how it just happens to be raining. It's not the most productive class, but that's not important. what really matters is that I did, eventually, finish Great Expectations and was happy I did. It was a well written, unique book, as all of Charles Dickens's works are, that helped me to see into my future and discover my own expectations for adulthood.
