Comparison of My Life and Pip's Life

  • Pip Meets the Convict

    Pip is out in the Churchyard at his parents grave right around Christmas Time and he meets this convict on the loose that forces him to bring him food and a file or else he will kill him.
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    Pip's Life Throughout Great Expectations

    Significant Moments in Pip's Life throughout Great Expectations.
  • Pip Meets Estella and Ms. Havisham

    Pip Visits the Satis House and meets Estella and Ms. Havisham. This introduces him into a life that he had never experienced before and thus started to change him as a person.
  • Pip Receives a Big Sum Of Cash

    Pip suddenly gets a large amount of Money from a Mysterious benfefactor. He is curious as to who and why someone would give him this money but he suspects it's Ms. Havisham intending to use it to turn him into a gentleman.
  • Pip moves to London

    Pip, now carrying around a large amount of money, decides to move to London. However, before his decision to move to London, he acts very bitterly towards Joe and Biddy because he feels that they are inferior to him because of their low social class, but later feels guilty because he has mistreated the people that love and care for him the most.
  • Pip's great Expectations

    Pip is told by a lawyer that goes by the name of Mr. Jaggers that he has "Great Expectations" on him now.
  • Pip's Benefactor Revealed

    Though suspecting it was Ms. Havisham throughout the whole book, Pip later discovers that his mysterious benefactor isn't Ms. Havisham at all... It was the same criminal he encountered at the very beginning at the novel! Devestated by this news, because he found out that Ms. Havisham has no intentions of turning him into a gentleman, he refuses anymore of the convict's, Magwitch, money because his benefactor was a criminal so he knew already that he was in trouble for something
  • Ms. Havisham's Past Revealed

    Pip finds out about Ms. Havisham's background about her affair with the other criminal Compeyson who she loved dearly a long time ago. He was told that it was because of this that she acts so bitter towards Pip, and Men in general, and why she has made Pip go through all of the pain he's went through, because she still has that pain that lingers in her everyday, and she couldn't bear it when something dramatic Happens.
  • Pip Saves Ms. Havisham

    Pip saves Ms. Havisham from a fire that would've killed her had it not consumed her entirely. In the book, Pip is deeply concerned for Ms. Havisham and stays at her side. This is because he has matured and out of the kindness of his heart, which he gained from hearing about Ms. Havisham's past.
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    Major Events In My life

    All of the major events in my life.
  • My Family and I moved to America

    My family and I moved to America after My Mom Found a Job in Michigan.
  • Morse Elementary School

    First day of Kindergarten in Morse Elementary School in Troy, Michigan where I first got accustomed to American Customs. And it was the first time I wrote a school bus.
  • Journey to California

    My family drove from Michigan all the way to California and it took us 5 days across 9 states. It was nice that we have fair weather all year round, and it was also nice to see a lot of my dad's family all the way here in California.
  • First Vacation to the Philippines

    This was the first vacation to the Philippines when we moved to the United States. My mom and dad had their wedding ceremony and it was good to see all of our relatives again.
  • Oxford Academy

    I took the Oxford Entry Exam back in March and got the letter of acceptance in the mail. My parents and I were thrilled when we received this news.
  • My Grandma Immigrated to America

    My dad went to the Philippines to fetch my Grandmother who came from the Philippines. She came to live with us.
  • Thanksgiving in Michigan

    Our family went back to Michigan to spend Thanksgiving with our friends. We stayed there for a week. We had a wonderful time.