Kaitlin evidenced considerable initiative by reading during her week off three chapters of the novel and completing a take home quiz on the reading. We discussed one or two areas where she was unclear and then studied more closely certain aspects of the reading ,specifically how the scene wherein Pip feels guilty for his treatment of Joe during his visit mirrors the earlier scene where Pip feels guilt upon leaving home for London ,again arising from his being ashamed of Joe. We next studied Dickens' over reliance on coincidence and discussed examples in the novel. Last, I explained a number of the literary allusions to Hamlet and Dickens' satire of the Victorian theatre.