During the first half of the session we reviewed both the final multiple choice test and the essay test on Great Expectations. With respect to the essay, I addressed how to better explain and argue that the novel's original ending fits the bildungsroman genre better than the revised ending . We discussed that Pip , now morally reformed and aware that his prior obsession for Estella caused his moral degeneration, can not join his life to Estella's again if the novel is to have any coherence. We then reviewed outline options for the research/literary essay on Dickens as a social critic of the Victorian criminal justice system. Last, I began our introduction to our next literary work,Kafka's "Metamorphosis" by discussing the literary genre of existentialism ,and more specifically existentialism as it manifests in Kafka's works. For homework, rewrite final essay, continue work on research/literary essay on Victorian criminal justice system in the novel.