I read the blog assignment this week and had some trouble trying to decide what to write about this week. I read other classmates and they had some insightful ideas.I had thought of some of the ones that were already written by other classmates, but I wanted something more original. After more thinking, it hit me. Annie is a musical that I think could very easily be related to Great Expectations.
Annie is an orphan, living at an orphanage, with other orphan friends, and a mean old lady who they all hate. When she was younger, she was dropped off at the orphanage with half a locket and a statement that her parents were later coming to pick her up. She is later adopted when she is ten years old by Mr. Warbucks who comes to really enjoy her presence. But then, her "parents" come to take her home.
Pip's life and Annie's lives are similar because they are both orphans. One of the major themes in the book is Pip wanting more than what he has, and once he gets it, he still isn't happy. When Annie is at the orphanage she wanted to leave the mean lady and be adopted. Once she was adopted by a rich man, she still wasn't happy because she wanted to find her parents. She didn't know they were dead though, and was taken by people who lied to be her parents. For the little time in the car she was with them, she was miserable and unhappy. She wanted the man who first adopted her back and missed her friends back at the orphanage. Pip has gotten all of the fortunes he's wanted, but I think he is just as miserable as being kidnapped like Annie.
Annie learned and became happy when she saw her friends and went back to live at Mr. Warbucks. I don't know how Great Expectations will end, but I hope Pip will learn from his mistakes and turn his life into a happy one rather than a miserable one.
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