Thoughts on Reading

I enjoyed the overall story of the novel, just as a reading and not looking into every little detail. I mean by this that on my own I would have read this book for fun and liked the impact the story had on me. I admired all of the turns, twists, and mysteries throughout the book. I also feel like the characters were all developed very well, and all had their own very distinct characteristics that made them feel more real than just a character in the book. One of my favorite characters is Abel Magwitch, because I love his unselfishness, courage, and contentness with the life he has. The settings had a weaker effect on me, excluding the Satis house. Most of the settings didn't create a picture in my mind and I couldn't remember what the descriptions of most of them were while I was reading. The writing got easier to understand with everydays reading.

I honestly can say I did enjoy Dickens as an author. I like the old-style writings and him actually living in those times made it sound more realistic than someone trying to sound like they grew up speaking/writing like that. I didn't really sympathize Pip, because he had lots of really good friends, nice comfortable places to live(excluding the Tickler which most kids get a spanking every now then;)), and pretty much got all he aspired for in life. I did however sympathize Estella. She was grown to have a cold heart(not her fault), never knew her real parents, gave up her chance at love because of that, married someone who beat her, and really had nothing good happen to her except being blessed to be beautiful. The only mystery I solved without being told or looking was Pip's benefactor. I pretty much figured it out when the mysterious guy with the file gave Pip the two pounds when he as a kid. I didn't know any of the others until they were unfolded.

I did read the entire book, I finished it the day we were supposed to on the bookmark. I read the assigment on the bookmark every day on the day it was meant to be read, usually right when I got home from school/drill practice. At first I would try to skim pages that didn't seem that important, but obviously that didn't work since there are important things on every page, so I stopped after the first three days. I tried to read before it got too late, because when I get tired the reading makes me more tired and it takes me a long time to read one page, and I often forget what I read. I read either on the couch, or at the island in my kitchen. The assignments were kinda lengthy for me, and I usually forgot some things even if I read it at 5:00. I'm glad I read everynight and not skipping a few days, because I think that would've stressed me out more and had a bad effect on my overall comprehension of the novel. In conclusion to this, my overall comprehension was probably the highest it could have been for me.

*The "I" at the beginnging of my last paragraph is for some reason floating next to my second paragraph instead of where it should be, and I couldn't figure out how to fix it. Please excuse that.