Describe the main characters and explain their importance to the story. What part did they play in the book? Did any of these characters change, or surprise you?

BOOK REVIEW – LEVEL 4 – 1ST TERM – YEAR 2015-2016

Be sure to use complete sentences. Legibility, capitalization, punctuation and sentence structure are PARAMOUNT.

BOOK TITLE & AUTHOR

Great Expectations- Charles Dickens

Describe the main characters and explain their importance to the story. What part did they play in the book? Did any of these characters change, or surprise you?

Main character: Pip

Detailed description: Pip is the main character of the book. He is an orphan boy who lives with his sister and his kind husband Joe, the local blacksmith. One Christmas night Pip find an escaped convict and brings him some food and a metal file. He returns to Pip’s life as a secret benefactor giving him some money that affords Pip to escape to London and being a gentleman. In London he studies with a tutor and lives with Herbert, a new close friend. But living in London isn’t what he thought.

Main character: Joe Gargery

Detailed description: Joe is the kind blacksmith married to Pip’s sister. Pip greatly admired him when he was as a boy. He has been with Pip all the time even though they don’t see each other for many years.  When Pip falls sick, he takes care of him and pays all the debts. He always acts for Pip’s benefit.

Main character: Provis

Detailed description: Provis is a convict who escapes from prison and meets the little boy in the churchyard. Provis doesn’t forget Pip’s help in the past and rewards him with a large fortune. He becomes his secret benefactor, pays his education and his high lifestyle in London. Some years later Pip discovers his benefactor identity and helps him to escape, but the police capture Provis.

What do you think the message of the book you read might be?

I think that the message of the book is that people think that gaining money, and having a high social status can make them happy. But sometimes wealth doesn’t bring happiness and it’s more important to value and understand the important things in life like family, friends and health.

What is your opinion of the book? Would you recommend it to others? Why or why not? (Be sure to give specific details from the book to support your opinion.)

I strongly recommend the book because is very interesting and entertaining. While I was reading it became more and more exciting with every new word.

The book reflects a society problem, the division between rich and poor people. Something that still persists nowadays.

I like the book because it shows an important lection like valuing important things in life apart from fame and fortune. We don’t have to judge people depending on their social class.

One thing that I don’t like is that they talk about many names of characters and events, and at the end of the book I didn’t know who was who, and some of them aren’t important in the book’s plot.

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