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Chapter 1-10 Summary"¦ Chapter 1 In chapter one Pip is introduced along with other characters such as the Gargery's and convict. It starts out with Pip in the church yard visiting his parents grave when an escaped convict captured Pip and had him steal "wittles"(food) and a file from him family. In the last scene Pip is running home so as not to be late for dinner, Chapter 2 In chapter two it explains Mrs.Joe Gargery and her husband and how she brought Pip up by hand. She whipped Pip with "the tickler". Then later on at dinner Pip stuck his whole piece of bread into his pants and Joe accused him of "bolting." So Mrs. Gargery gave both of them cod liver oil to drink. They all discuss the escaped convicts and go to sleep. Then Pip got up and got the file and some food for the convict.

Chapter 3 In chapter three Pip is running to meet the convict in the churchyard when he runs into another man that resembles the first convict except that he has a scar on his face. Realizing that it was the wrong man he ran away in search for the first convict. Once he found him he started eating his food, shoving it down his throat. It ends with Pip leaving the convict while he busily files away at his irons.

Chapter 4 In chapter four Mr.Wopsle, The Hubble's, and Uncle Pumblechook come over for Christmas dinner. During dinner Mrs., Joe decides to serve some brandy but Pip had accidentally put Tar in the brandy so when Uncle P. drank it he got sick. Then after that was over Mrs. Joe sent Pip to go get a pie she had made the day before (the pie he had given to the convict), when the doorbell rang and it was a group of soldiers that had asked for their help in locating the convicts.

Chapter 5 In chapter five the soldiers had Mr. Joe (the blacksmith) make them a new pair of handcuffs. Later on they found the two convicts fighting each other. The second convict (the one with the scar) had said that the first convict was trying to kill him. Then after they captured the convicts the very

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