The Importance Of Honesty In Great Expectations By Charles Dickens

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In the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, a boy named Pip grows up and experiences and learns about peculiarities, success, loss, love, and more throughout his life. On his journey Pip goes from being a common boy to an uncommon man while meeting a variety of people. Pip experiences his fair share of ups and downs, just like everyone else, but this gives him guidance that he can share with the twenty-first century. Based off of what Pip has learned in his life, he would most definitely have excellent advice to offer about maintaining authentic relationships. Pip knows a lot about honesty as well as dishonesty, therefore he has something to say about it. After Pip visits Miss Havisham’s house, he lies about it to his sister and Mr.Pumblechook; …show more content…
Pip learns that for any relationship to be successful, there must be honesty, respect, and most importantly, communication. Pip experiences this through trial and error with a variety of people. Because of Pip’s sagaciousness that he gained over the course of his lifetime, the advice he could offer the twenty-first century about relationships specifically is phenomenal.
In the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, a boy named Pip grows up and experiences and learns about peculiarities, success, loss, love, and more throughout his life. On his journey Pip goes from being a common boy to an uncommon man while meeting a variety of people. Pip experiences his fair share of ups and downs, just like everyone else, but this gives him guidance that he can share with the twenty-first century. Based off of what Pip has learned in his life, he would most definitely have excellent advice to offer about maintaining authentic
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People can only be understood if they express what they want and how they are feeling. Magwitch expresses his love for Pip which makes him feel appreciated. This helps him understand why Magwitch sponsored him and it helps their relationship blossom. When Pip is in love with Estella, although he procrastinates, he tells her how he feels. “‘I know I have no hope that I shall ever call you mine, Estella. I am ignorant what may become of me very soon, how poor I may be, or where I may go. Still I love you. I have loved you ever since I first saw you in this house’” (332). By doing so, they have a mutual understanding of what the other is feeling and can confirm or disregard their previous assumptions. However, this leads to the termination of their relationship; it was toxic and bound to happen. While communication may not make all relationships last, it will weed out the healthy ones from the bad. An authentic relationship, as Pip knows it, is strong communication. Communication clears all confusion, making it crucial to positive and stable relationships.
In the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, a boy named Pip grows up and learns a lot about relationships. Pip learns that for any relationship to be successful, there must be honesty, respect, and most importantly, communication. Pip experiences this through trial and error with a variety of people. Because

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