At the start of our last section, Pip, Herbert, and Startop start heading down the river and pick up Magwitch along the way. They stop at an inn on the way down the river and notice two men looking at their boat, but it was too dark too see who they were. I think one man is Compeyson, but I’m not sure who the other one is. Early the next morning, Pip and Magwitch make their way down the river but get stopped by a policeman to arrest Magwitch, but he dives into the water to attack Compeyson. Magwitch came back up from the water, but Compeyson drowned. I don’t think Magwitch intentionally drowned him, but I think he may get arrested for it. Magwitch gets sentenced to death, but Pip continues to visit him and tries to free him. On the day of Magwitch’s death, Pip told him that his daughter and wife – Estella and Molly – are still alive, and he dies in peace. Pip prays for his lost benefactor. It is bad that Pip is still thinking about Magwitch being a benefactor to him and the fact that he won’t be receiving any money now.
A little while later, Pip becomes quite sick and is arrested for all of his debts. I think this is good because maybe he will live and learn from his financial mistakes. Joe comes to help Pip when he is sick. I thought that was tremendously nice of Joe after the way Pip has treated him for so long. As Pip recovers, Joe tells him some news from back home. One of the things he tells him is that Miss Havisham. This seemed to surprise me that she died. Orlick is in jail. That didn’t seem to surprise me as much and it served him right to be in jail. One more thing that Pip found out about was that Biddy has been teaching Joe how to read and write. I thought that was a great thing for Joe!
Joe stayed in London for awhile, but did not like it there. One morning after Pip woke up he realized that Joe had left. Before Joe left, though, he paid all of Pip’s debts. This was an exceptionally nice gesture that Joe made. Pip goes back home to thank him and decides to marry Biddy when he gets there. This seemed interesting and made me want to read more to see what would happen.
When Pip gets home, he realizes that Joe and Biddy had gotten married. I actually had thoughts about that and wondered if they were going to get married. He actually is happy for them. He also decides to take the job with Herbert.
Pip goes back to England eleven years later. He has learned that hard work is important.
The ending definitely had a cool twist to it that I enjoyed a lot. After his plans to marry Estella were ruined, it all comes together in the end and they never leave each other’s side.
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