Faith Dotterweich
Ms. Kmetz
Great Expectations Essay
15 January, 2016 Pip is the main and most important character in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. He develops and matures from an ignorant young man with dreams that were thought to not come true, to a proper gentleman. These changes are shown throughout the three different stages in the Novel about Pip's life. There are many people along his journey that help him succeed his dreams. Characters come and go throught his life, but not the important ones stay. During the first stage of Pip's life, he realizes he does not want to be a blacksmith like Joe, who is his sister's husband who hes lived with ever since his parents passed away. At this point he is young and mostly only cares about impressing the beautiful Estella. He wants to impress her by his education, wealth, and becoming a gentleman. This shows that Pip is not thinking about who he was meant to be, yet who he wants to be just to impress a girl with a higher class. The theme for this stage is you are who you are. Pips whole life is flipped upside down just to be loved by estella. …show more content…
His dreams are coming true, he becomes wealthy and educated. Though at this stage he does turn into a complete other person. He is rude to people he used to love, Joe and Biddy, and gets embarassed to be with them in public. Also in this stage nothing gets better with Estella, it actually gets worse. They don't see each other in years and she marries another man. Realizing he messed up with Joe and Biddy he then goes into debt by excessively using the money that he is given by his secret benefactor. This displays that you should not treat ones you love with disrespect, and social class should not
Ms. Kmetz
Great Expectations Essay
15 January, 2016 Pip is the main and most important character in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. He develops and matures from an ignorant young man with dreams that were thought to not come true, to a proper gentleman. These changes are shown throughout the three different stages in the Novel about Pip's life. There are many people along his journey that help him succeed his dreams. Characters come and go throught his life, but not the important ones stay. During the first stage of Pip's life, he realizes he does not want to be a blacksmith like Joe, who is his sister's husband who hes lived with ever since his parents passed away. At this point he is young and mostly only cares about impressing the beautiful Estella. He wants to impress her by his education, wealth, and becoming a gentleman. This shows that Pip is not thinking about who he was meant to be, yet who he wants to be just to impress a girl with a higher class. The theme for this stage is you are who you are. Pips whole life is flipped upside down just to be loved by estella. …show more content…
His dreams are coming true, he becomes wealthy and educated. Though at this stage he does turn into a complete other person. He is rude to people he used to love, Joe and Biddy, and gets embarassed to be with them in public. Also in this stage nothing gets better with Estella, it actually gets worse. They don't see each other in years and she marries another man. Realizing he messed up with Joe and Biddy he then goes into debt by excessively using the money that he is given by his secret benefactor. This displays that you should not treat ones you love with disrespect, and social class should not