Mr Pip Quote Analysis

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Whether humans agree with the truth or not humans are naturally greedy; unfortunately, that’s the way humans are. Interestingly this book took a different approach by countering that humans are greedy. The best part of a book is never knowing what approach the book will take. The book Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones shows our greedy generation that sometimes the needs of society are more important than the needs of an individual. The biggest, most obvious example of societies needs coming before an individual in Mister Pip is Mr. Watt deciding to stay on the island to teach the kids in the village who had lost their teacher due to all the other whites fleeing. During the kids’ school time, they discovered someone that would end up saving Matilda’s life: a friend. Matilda states: “The surprising thing is where I’d found him – not up a tree or sulking in the shade, or splashing around in one of the hill streams, but in a book. No one had told us kids to look there for a friend” (23-24). The quote shows us how precious a new friend was to Matilda. Later on in Mister Pip, we can see that …show more content…

Watt. Dolores disagreed with Mr. Watt’s teaching and was disgusted that Mr. Watt doesn’t believe in the Bible; consequently, Dolores believes the lack of the Bible will have a negative impact on the children. The hatred that Dolores shows towards Mr. Watt was noticed here: “She could not see what us kids had came to see: a kind man. She only saw a white man. And white men stole her husband…” (48-49). Dolores then threatens to pull Matilda out of the class as well as shut down Mr. Watt’s class. Later on, in the book Dolores and Mr. Watt have a “meeting of minds” (242), and Dolores forgives Mr. Watt as she notices that he was doing what was best for the kids. Dolores overcame the hate for Mr. Watt so that kids could continue their education which in the end saves Matilda’s

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