Great Expectations: Life Story Of Phillip Gargery
Hello. My name is Phillip Gargery, and this is my life story. I was born to my mom and dad, but they died, so I lived with my sister, Mrs. Joe, and her husband, Joe Gargery. I had it rough. My sister was really mean to Joe and I . I think it was because I wasn’t her child. Joe didn’t want to even marry her, but he was basically forced to. So he had it bad too. She would often yell at us if we did one little thing wrong. It was rough.
I was always part of the lower class, because we didn’t really have money. That was because Joe was a blacksmith, which back then wasn’t too great of a job to have when you needed money to get by on. Although Joe didn’t make a lot of money, he was a ...
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He ordered me around to get him things. And from the chains on his feet, I could tell he was a convict. I did what he said anyway, because I was afraid he would kill me, or hurt me very badly. So I got him what he needed. The next night, the town soldiers came to my house, and asked Joe to fix the handcuffs for them, because they found the escaped convict. I have never told on him, and that was the last time I’ve seen of the convict for a long time.
A couple months after that, I was invited to play with the wealthiest woman in the town, Ms. Havisham’s daughter, Estella. I willingly accepted, hoping I would get paid for playing with her. I got paid, but that didn’t matter to me that much. That is, until after I saw Estella. She was the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my whole life, and I fell in love with her when I first saw her. She was a very stuck-up little brat, and she often insulted me, and the way I was. One day I was playing cards and she made ...
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and I willingly accepted. Although it meant leaving Joe and Biddy, it was my one and only chance. (Mrs. Joe wasn’t around anymore, because she was beat over the head with a club, and Biddy took over.)
While in London, I met my lawyer, Jaggers, and his trusty sidekick, Wemmick. They showed me where I was staying, and there I met a man by the name of Herbert Pocket. I soon found out that Herbert was the pale young gentleman who I fought at Havisham’s. I didn’t really mind, because he was one of the only friends I had.
There in London, I went to school, and met Startop, and Drummel. I didn’t like Drummel at all, for he was a saucy man. Startop was nice. One day we ...
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