English essay- draft Matilda, the protagonist, narrates the story of the novel "Mr. Pip" by Lloyd Jones. As a civil war breaks out between the rebels and redskins in her homeland, Matilda starts to doubt her mother's conventional views on life. This is one of many themes explored in this bildungsroman text, which is set in 1990s bougainville when Australian company Rio Tinto has poisoned its waterways and farmland with operations at its panguna copper mines. A variety of methods and viewpoints are presented by "Mr. Pip," including the strongly Christian beliefs of Matilda's mother, Delores. Mr. Pip explores how small issues like these can frequently tear apart relationships and, in this case, the island. Dolores argues that the 'good book' is instructional and requires memorisation and learning. Matilda is encouraged to consider ideas and make observations …show more content…
This quotation makes it clear that the islanders may benefit from uncertainty. ‘Mr Pip’, explains to readers that, sameness can frequently be a form of loss, as a result of their ignorance of the outside world. Due to this loss, the islanders never would have anticipated that their future would differ from their past. ‘Pop Eye’, immediately made it clear that white people are treated differently from everyone else when he was first introduced. When the islanders are experiencing alterations from their normal way of life for the first time, the uncertainty may really be a sort of power. Matilda and her classmates saw how quickly life can change. The kids saw this as being extremely significant because throughout their brief lives they have only known routine, they were in shock when their lives quickly and abruptly