Sunday`s Realizations. Week 2.

One more week passed. I want to share with my thoughts about the reading.  I found more about Pip`s life in his family. And I am sorry for him, because the life he lives is not happy at all. He is like an outcast in his own family. It seems that his sister doesn`t love Pip, even a little. While reading I haven`t noticed that she says something gentle to him . In Christmas morning instead of wishing him Merry Christmas her first words were ("And where the deuce ha' you been?").  
At that Christmas day some guests came to them. Each of them said to Pip that he is unthankful, and that he doesn`t appreciate that his sister does for him, and that there is nothing good in this boy. His sister didn`t stop them , didn`t defend him.  What`s more she agreed with them and confirmed that he is a burden to her. ("He was a world of trouble to you, ma'am," said Mrs. Hubble, commiserating my sister.

"Trouble?" echoed my sister; "trouble?" and then entered on a fearful catalogue of all the illnesses I had been guilty of, and all the acts of sleeplessness I had committed, and all the high places I had tumbled from, and all the low places I had tumbled into, and all the injuries I had done myself, and all the times she had wished me in my grave, and I had contumaciously refused to go there.) 

Only Joe, her husband , was kind to Pip and supported him during the whole dinner. 
I am shocked with Pip`s sister behaviour. How could she agree with people who tell a lot of bad things about her brother? It is awful to have a sister like she.   

Realizations and New Expectations.

I read some chapters of the book. To be honestly, it didn`t bring me so much pleasure I expected. That is because there are a lot of difficult words, which I even couldn`t find in the dictionary. But , in spite of this, I understood the contents of these chapters. And at first I found out who are the characters.

The main character is a boy Philip Pirrip, who names himself Pip. He is an orphan. He never saw his parents. He can only imagine how were they, looking at their tombstones:.(The shape of the letters on my father's, gave me an odd idea that he was a square, stout, dark man, with curly black hair. From the character and turn of the inscription, "Also Georgiana Wife of the Above," I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly. )

Pip lives with his elder sister and her husband. She is not a good-looking woman. She is very strict  with her brother , and by the way, with her husband as well. The latter is a like a friend for Philip. He differs much from his wife. Even Pip says that he doesn`t understand how could he marry his sister :(She was not a good-looking woman, my sister; and I had a general impression that she must have made Joe Gargery marry her by hand).

There appears one more character, already in the 1st chapter. This is a strange man whom Pip meets once in the graveyard. He is very fearful, with the iron on his leg. He looked like a wild man. Probably he is the criminal, who escaped .

So far this is all.  Next I expect to find out  more about the characters. Then I think that  soon there will  begin many actions,  adventures. I haven`t read enough to understand  what is this story about. Therefore this week I hope the reading will be more successfull!)

Expectations about « The Great Expectations».

Being acquainted with Dicken`s creativity, I`m sure that the book we are going to read will be interesting.  It could be a story  full of adventures…It could be also something mysterious…
I haven`t read this book even in my native language yet, therefore it `s content is a surprise  for me.
But, when I read the name of the book, I don`t know why, I imagine a story about  some people, maybe a family, which lives difficult life or there happened something bad, and they struggle for their living…
Or , it can be also a love story, with the elements of adventure.
Anyway, whatever it is, I am sure that I will read it with pleasure. I like to read Dickens. There were not  any of his stories that I found boring and uninteresting.
I expect that reading this book I will spend a lot of plesant hours and, of course, it will teach me something.

Monday’s Expectations

Hi!!! Unfortunately, I don`t manage to read the book every day. I have read only seven chapters till now.
This week I expect to read more. The plot is becoming more and more interesting. Victor created the "being" that he desired  to create so much...But he is not happy with it. What`s more he is afraid of it. He is terrified with his own creation! The worst thing is that Victor thinks that his creation murdered his brother William. But he can`t  tell anyone about this, because people hardly will believe him.
From next chapters I hope to find out is Victor right or not, and, is his creature really so dangerous and fearful, as Victor thinks.

Sunday’s Realizations

I continue reading the book. I have read 4 chapters by now. It is really an iteresting and exciting story.I am amazed how  crazy is Victor about what he does. He sees nothing besides his "labour".
 This week`s reading was absorbing .And also it was  useful for me, because, as I said in my previous message, I find out a lot of words.
 I am curious to know what happens next...So I`m going on with my reading.
Bye and have a nice day!)

Hello everybody! I, at last, began to read the "Frankenstein". And I am happy to share with you my impressions from reading and to speak about the Chapter 1 of this book.
There are the following characters in the first chapter: the narrator-Victor, his father, a man named Beaufort, Caroline Beaufort and Elizabeth Lavenza.
There is no much information about the narrator in the first chapter. I found out that he was by birth a Genevese and his ancestors were esteemed people. Also he said that he was the eldest child and his parents loved him VERY MUCH("I was their plaything and their idol,and something better-their child...").
The father was respected by everyone  too. He was very hardworking( "He passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the affairs of his country..."). These circumstances prevented his early marriage.
Mr.Beaufort was the Victor`s father friend. Once he became very poor and he was awfully upset with this.("This man...was of a proud and unbending disposition and could not bear to live in poverty and oblivion in the same country where he had formerly been distinguished for his rank and magnificence".) He moved to another town with his daughter Caroline.
Caroline Beaufort was very caring and considerate girl.("   His daughter attended him with the greatest tenderness"). She was hardworking and helpful. She tried to help somehow her father(" She procured plain work;she plaited straw and by various means contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life").
The  father wanted to help his friend, but when he found them Mr.Beaufort died.
Then, Caroline Beaufort and the father got married. They had a big difference between ages but it didnt disturb. So, Victor became their first child.
Some time later they took an orphan girl to their house. That was Elizabeth Lavenza.

I liked the beginning of the book, even there were many new and sometimes not clear words. But I think its very good, because I work with a dictionary a lot and I hope my vocabulary will become richer day by day.

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