How Does Miss Havisham Affect Pip

It is a struggle for Estella to love Pip, mainly because of how Miss Havisham raised her. Estella is one of many characters that prove to be important in this book. Estella, Joe, and Miss Havisham all impact pip in some way. Pip does mention how Joe is a good natured guy, Pip gives a well description of Joe and tells us how he feels about him (Dickens Charles, 2). Miss Havisham on the other hand is tied to estella’s emotions on the male sex. Miss Havisham has had previous issues with her relationships and she gives off different emotions throughout the book. In Great Expectations, Pip’s decisions are influenced by Miss Havisham, Estella, and Joe’s impact in the book. It can easily be inferred that Miss Havisham has a cold heart and Estella catches onto her way of thinking. In great expectations, Miss Havisham was once jitted by a man and that tragedy seriously hurt her. Since Miss Havisham is suffering for losing her beloved man, her heart has turned cold. This negatively influences Pip because Pip is after Estella although there is a catch. Estella is raised by Miss Havisham to be cold hearted like her and that leaves Pip heart broken. The problem with Miss Havisham is that since Pip wants Estella, Miss Havisham tries to urge Pip to love her all of a sudden. It may …show more content…
I have never had any such thing" (Dickens Charles, Chapter 29). Estella is telling the audience that she has not given her kindness anywhere. In this book Pip is incredibly in love with Estella, so Pip does whatever it takes to obtain her love. As Pip grows up, he tries to change his ways in order to impress Estella, even though Pip didn’t end up with Estella at the end, her role in the book still influenced his decisions and changed him for the better. Pip changed his way of talking and started studying all for Estella. That shows how dedicated and in love Pip is with Estella. Although the issue is that Estella has a cold heart because of Miss