Dickens' Message

The message that Charles Dickens is trying to show through Great Expectations is that life isn't all about money, fame, or status. Life is all about being content with yourself and living a life that you feel is suitable for yourself rather than forcing yourself to live an unhappy life. One shouldn't be ashamed of the house they live in if they are content, if one wishes for more then what they already have, and if they have a life that they could live contently, then why pursue more? That is one of the main reasons this book was wrote in my opinion, life is meant to be more of enjoyed than it is to be forced labor and dislike the life you live.

Thoughts on reading

My thoughts on reading were that... I guess I have to sympathize for pip a little bit but the way he dug himself into the endings, he kind of deserved it. But I have to admit Charles Dickens is a really good author and really brought out the endings in my opinion. I might be saying this just because Pip really deserved it but Dickens was a great writer. But one of the aspects that I would have to say that I wish had changed earlier was when Pip realized all the bad he had done, but then had some twist to where he couldn't go back and fix it.

When I read the book outside of class I didn't really have a habit or pattern I went across with, it was more lax and did it whenever I felt like it type of reading. Like if I had time I would read it or something or maybe just do a whole different thing first, so I guess I never had a scheduled time for reading. But I do try not to read too late, because if I go to sleep right after I usually end up forgetting whatever just happened. So my main goal is to read from when I get home to before I get ready for bed.