5 Questions
What was the belief the speaker entertained about the little stone lozenges?
They had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets
Where was the speaker's 'bleak place' located?
Ours was the marsh country, down by the river
What did the speaker discover about the bleak place overgrown with nettles?
It was the churchyard
Who were confirmed to be dead and buried in the churchyard?
Philip Pirrip and Georgiana, wife of Philip
What was the speaker's first vivid impression of the identity of things?
Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea.
Study Notes
Introduction to Pip's Life
- Pip's father's family name is Pirrip, and his Christian name is Philip.
- As a child, Pip could only pronounce his name as "Pip", which became the name he was known by.
- Pip's information about his family comes from his father's tombstone and his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery.
- Pip's sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery, is married to the blacksmith.
Pip's Parents
- Pip never saw his father or mother, as they died before the era of photography.
- Pip's imagination of his parents' appearance is based on their tombstones.
- Pip's father is imagined to be a square, stout, dark man with curly black hair, based on the shape of the letters on his tombstone.
- Pip's mother, Georgiana, is imagined to be freckled and sickly, based on the inscription "Also Georgiana Wife of the Above" on her tombstone.
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