Great_Expectations_Ch#1-7

Great Expectations Ch#1-7 The first chapter introduces the main character Pip. He is ten years old and lives with his older sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gargery. Mr. Joe is a blacksmith. As Pip was visiting his parent’s grave one afternoon at the churchyard over looking the marshes, he is come upon by an escaped prisoner who grabs him. The prisoner threatens him with his life and tells him to come back the next morning with a file and some food. Pip is so frightened that he agrees to bring the food, file, and above all, not to tell anyone of it. The convict lets him go and he runs home as fast as he can. Pip arrives home to find that his sister is angry and out looking for him. She comes home and begins chastising and beating him (for her worry'). After she finishes her tirade, she slices bread and butter for Pip and Mr. Joe. Pip hides his in his pants to give to the escaped prisoner the next morning, and Mrs. Joe forces him to take a terrible tasting elixir, Tar-water, because he ate his food so quickly. He spends the rest of pip, joe, mr, mrs, home, food, out, escaped, convict, tells, marshes, come, uncle, soldiers, runs, pumblechook, prisoner, one, man, go, brandy, while, next, house, handcuffs, file, day, comes, after, towards, take, sister, pie, morning, looking, gets, find, dinner, convicts, christmas, blacksmith, before, bed, back, arrives, wopsle, though, tell, tar-water, stole