We studied a textual passage describing the "rank, tangled" garden surrounding Miss Havisham's house as a metaphor for Miss Havisham's life and character. Kaitlin studied the text and identified specific textual language describing Miss Havisham as yellowed, and withered like the neglected garden. We explored how Miss Havisham's life cruel agenda is to inflict emotional pain on men thus creating the physical manifestation of her moral rot. We then noted Dickens' interest in social reform, especially regarding the treatment of children, in the passage where Mrs. Joe repeatedly slams Pip's head against the wall because she is unsatisfied with his answers to her inquiries about Miss Havisham.