Great Expectations: First Stage

When Pip says "Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day" he's referring to a day in his life that changed him who he is as a person. This was when he went to Mrs. Havisham's for the first time. Pip hadn't really been out of his house until he met people of the upper class; Mrs. Havisham and Estella. This was Pip's "memorable day" because he realized he wanted to be a gentlemen instead of just a blacksmith.

The day that changed me as a person, was one day I was hiking with my parents on Mt. Rainier the summer before 8th grade. While we were hiking i was thinking to myself, "Wow, i cant believe both my parents have been to the top of this thing." i then realized how truly beautiful the mountain really is. All the other times Ive seen the mountain i didn't really care for it and just thought it was pointless. But thinking about both my parents have signed the book at the middle peak, made me want to do it myself one day. Ever since this day Ive had a lot more respect for the mountain and have just wondered what it would be like to go to the top.

Group Essay

Our group topic was dishonesty in the play and the different levels of lies throughtout The Importance of Being Earnest. I had the Ernest/Earnest lies, lying about your name.

My first concrete detail is when Jack is saying why he lies about having a younger brother Ernest. I then went on saying how lying can tear one's life between duty and pleasure and that trying to make life more interesting can lead up to lying about things. My 2nd concrete detail is Jack asking Gwendolen if she coulndt love him if his name wasnt Ernest. I talked about how lying can change a situation or relation ship, and how lying gets people into worse situations. My last concrete detail is Jack telling Gwendolen he has no brother Ernest and he has no brother at all. I said people tend to think lying is a more efficient way to live life, but reall its the opposite of conventional thinking and is worse.

Im not sure what to do for my topic sentence, If i remember right Caroline was the paragrpah infront of me, any ideas how to transition smoothly?

Victorian Research

When we started reading The Importance of Being Earnest, I was glad we had researched the Victorian Era before reading the play. Marrige was brought up constantly through out the play, luckily i researched this beforehand. When Lady Bracknell had to ask Jack questions about his family life and other things to see if he was suitible to be her son-in-law, this was commom in this time. Since he didnt have a wealthy family, she decided he wasnt good enough for Gwendolen.
Another topic I was thankful for researching was about the social classes. I learned that the upper class was much more important than the lower classes. Algernon and Lane were both respected, but because of Lane being in the lower class and algernon in the upper class he got much more respect because he was born into a wealthy family, and Lane wasnt.