English 123 Blog 13

Mister Pip is filled with amazing and attention grabbing themes that we as people deal with on an everyday basis. Another passage, of the many that I thought were interesting, is on page 178. It is one line and this line delivers an important message. "THE IDEA THAT YOUR LIFE COULD CHANGE WITHOUT WARNING WAS VERY APPEALING" Life changes day to day, heck even minute to minute and it is the ability for us to accept the change with open arms and learn to deal with the curve balls that makes the journey of life more interesting. The other quote that I liked that goes well with the one on page 178 is on page 245 and it says "YOUR SHIP COULD COME IN AT ANY TIME , AND THAT SHIP COULD TAKE MANY FORMS." This quote deals with the other one because they are both talking about change. In Mister Pip there are many times with the characters must deal with change. When the redskins come in and blockade their island, burn their posessions, and finally burn their houses the people on the island learn to deal with that change because they have no other choice. They realize that so their possessions may be taken away, they still have fresh air, the ocean, the fish, and fruit and they can build huts that will work. This thinking is what helped those people survive as long as they did. Without this positive outlook on life there would be nothing but conflict and hate and bitterness surrounding the environment. I found it very admirable when these people on the island learned to accept the drastic changes in their life, and the majority seemed to do it with a smile and a positive outlook.
Matilda also deals with an extreme amount of change. She meets Mr. Watts and then he is shot because of his outrageous lifestyle, her father has been gone for 4 or 5 years, and her mother gets raped and then cut up in order to save Matilda. Not to mention to flies to Australia by herself after she has escaped the island with the help of Jaggers and a few others. Yet, even with the tremendous amount of change being experienced she is able to deal with it with the help of Pip. Pip gives her an escape from reality that all of us need at some point of another. When life gets tough, it is nice to have someone or something to escape to and leave our world and enter another. People need to learn how to balance reality vs. dreams and learn that both are necessary in achieving the overall balance in your life.