Confusions

   Throughout this weeks reading, there were incidences in the reading in which I became downright confused with the meaning of what I was taking in, however I found if I took the time to reread the passage I could usually decpher at least the general meaning. There was a section in which I couldn't figure out the meaning of, no matter how much I thought about it. During the dinner gathering, Uncle Pumblechook states: "You've hit it, sir! Plenty of subjects going about, for them that know how to put salt upon their tails. That's what's wanted. A man needn't go far to find a subject, if he's ready with his salt box...Look at pork alone. There's a subject! If you want a subject, look at pork!" (Page 24, Chapter 4) I don't understand how any of this is relevant to what Mr. Wopsle was previously saying about subjects. My guess is that "salt upon their tails" is some sort of saying used during this time, however I'm not sure. Once he says pork, the conversation shifts to pigs, and they further relate the pig to Pip. I recall earlier that the convict was compared to being a dog, and maybe this human/animal comparison is a motif...

Group Collaboration

     Katie and Sean, I haven't changed anything much since we discussed our body paragraphs except that I changed one of my concrete details to "Nothing will induce me to part with Bunbury, and if you ever get married, which seems to me extremely problematic, you will be very glad to know Bunbury. A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it." My other quote is : "Divorces are made in heaven." I am just debating what I should use for my third quote, if either of you have any ideas let me know. I am going to get some ideas down for our transitions between our paragraphs, and I will either post them on your blogs or e-mail tomorrow. So make sure that we are still focusing our paragraphs around the character Algernon, that way it all goes nicely together. Also, any ideas for nice transitions? Comment or e-mail me them.