12/9/10, Great Expectations page 292-340

To start off the reading section this week, Pip becomes quite concerned about Magwitch’s safety. I think he should be concerned and try to help him because of how greatly Magwitch has helped him. Herbert and Pip came up with a plan to sneak Magwitch away on the river, and Pip wants to go with him. I wondered why he wanted to go with him. My thought on this situation was that maybe he wanted Magwitch to keep giving him money if he were to accompany him.
Pip does not think it is right for him to ask Magwitch for any more money, and his debts keep piling up. Magwitch should not give him more money because Pip should’ve been smarter and not have wasted all of his money away. Pip was at the movie theater and eventually found out that Compeyson was also there, sitting directly behind him. I thought this was interesting and wondered if Compeyson had recognized him.
Later, Jaggers gives Pip a note from Miss Havisham. So, in chapter 49, Pip decides to visit her. Miss Havisham apologized to Pip since she was the reason Estella broke Pip’s heart. He forgives her, and then goes for a walk in the garden. While walking, he started to wish that Miss Havisham died. I thought this was quite rude that he would just wish she die. Quite coincidently, Pip saw Miss Havisham go up in a flame. She lives, but she isn’t the same person as she was before. Pip was also slightly burned trying to save Miss Havisham. It serves him right to get burned because he kind of wanted her to die.
In chapter 50, we find out that Jaggers housekeeper, Molly, was Magwitch’s wife and that Magwitch was Estella’s father. This was quite interesting to me because it seems yet again that all of the characters have relations one way or another.
As I continued to read, Pip received an anonymous note that told him to travel to the marshes in secret. My first thought on the situation was that Compeyson must be the one sending the note. Pip decides to travel to the marsh, to find out that Orlick was the one who sent the note. Orlick also admits to killing Mrs. Joe. This was an unbelievable shock to me. I believed the whole time that one of the convicts killed her, most like Compeyson. He also tells Pip that he and Compeyson have been working together and have found out about Magwitch. At the last minute, Herbert and a group of men came to save Pip. Orlick managed to escape, though, before they could catch him and that is where our reading ended. The book is gaining much suspense!