Mr Pip recap up to Pg 105

1.) Choose a passage in the first 105 pages that you connected with or felt that it was important to the story as a whole. Post it on your blog and explain why you connected with it or think it is important.

"Everyone called him Pop Eye. Even in those days when I was a skinny thirteen-year-old I thought he probably knew about his nickname but didn’t care. His eyes were too interested in what lay up ahead to notice us barefoot kids."(Pg 47, Par 1)

Not only is this an important introduction to the story, it also defines one of the main characters, Mr. Watts. It also hinted on the way the people of the village looked at him, and the white people in general.

2.) Where are the themes of story telling and oral tradition apparent in the novel? To whom are they important and why? List and describe as many as you can.

The first example of story telling in Mr. Pip is when all the parents come to the school to talk about what they know. This is important to the children because it helps the children learn about new things. When Matilda's mom talks about the bible, few of them know of the devil or anything from it and she describes her experience with the devil. Since the kids can't go too far from the village, they have to hear about things other people experiences. It is most important to the children because of this.