"Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day." The "memorable day" Pip is talking about is the day he went to Miss Havisham's house. Since she is of a higher class it was a different place for Pip. Both Miss Havisham and Estella were convincing Pip that he was common and since Pip liked Estella so much he was trying to be uncommon. Since he was trying to be uncommon, he didn't want to apprentice Joe anymore because blacksmith was a lower class regular job. He likes this girl that doesn't even treat him well so much that it puts his life to an abrupt halt.

The day that started my chain was about four years ago. My dad and my brother got into a fight for reasons I didn't know which I later found out about. Life was good before that day. Our family was good, sports were good, and it couldn't have been any better. When they got in the fight my brother and dad were so mad at each other that my dad kicked my brother out of the house and he was only sixteen. That one night changed the rest of my life. This was right when my baseball team was doing really good so baseball kept me occupied and happy, but every once in a while David would screw up and it was pretty hard to function. Within that two year span there were so manny ups and downs, thorns and flowers, that I could have sworn I was on a roller coaster.

Group Collaboration

We are writing an essay on topic number two. That is the topic about dishonesty. There are many forms of dishonesty in the play. Some do the action of dishonesty to have fun, some use it to keep there social status, and some do it because they think it will make there life easier. That's what I am going to write about. I am going to write about how different characters use different types of dishonesty in the play. Algernon uses dishonesty to have fun and lighten up his life a little bit. For instance when he says he is Jacks brother he is just doing that to go bunburying. Augusta uses dishonesty to try and keep herself proper and look rich. You can tell this because she is always talking proper and the way it describes her. Lastly Jack uses dishonesty so he can basically live two different lives. One in the country, and one in the city. He is Jack in the country and Ernest in the city. In our thesis we stated how the dishonesty in the play is related to the Victorian Age.