It is known that “maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well” (Jim Rohn, Brainy Quote, 2015). When someone is young, they focus solely on themselves and expect everything to go as they plan. As they mature, they soon learn that anything can happen, and nothing is set in stone. They handle unexpected events responsibly through obstacles they overcome. When relations between two parties alter, one is able to better comprehend their own intuition. Through the trials and disappointments that Pip overcome in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, he emerges a more mature, sensible man.
Pip reacts to sudden changes in situations with undesirable outcomes in a responsible manner.
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Miss Havisham, whose memories of her relationship with Compeyson haunts her, teaches Estella to break men's hearts, including Pip's, as vicarious revenge for her pain. Later, she realizes that she is no longer trying to do so after witnessing Pip's admission of love for Estella. Miss Havisham opens up to Pip and tells him about Estella, and how, “when she first came to me, I meant to save her from misery like mine. At first I meant no more”, and how she, “stole her heart away and put ice in its place” (356-357). At this point, Pip realizes that Estella's behaviour is not natural, demonstrating his maturity. As a child, Pip presumes that she is simply mean, but he now realizes that Miss Havisham moulds Estella to be the heartless person she is. Many years pass after Pip's love confession for Estella before they encounter each other once again. After paying his debts and returning to London, he walks with little Pip, Joe and Biddy's child, and they step into a carriage in which Estella sits. They exchange a brief encounter, during which Pip becomes conscious that Estella, “supposed the child...to be my child” (438). In their fleeting encounter, Pip is aware that Estella presumes that the child is his, and allows her to believe that. Pip reaches a higher level of maturity due to this, as he now understands that his previous feelings for Estella have never been those of love, but of infatuation. He becomes aware that he does not love her, nor ever has, and is able to let her go and not allow his encounter and memories of her to captivate him. Miss Havisham's revelation to Pip about Estella causes him to understand the person she is, and results in him releasing Estella from his
Pip reacts to sudden changes in situations with undesirable outcomes in a responsible manner.
When Pip elevates to …show more content…
Miss Havisham, whose memories of her relationship with Compeyson haunts her, teaches Estella to break men's hearts, including Pip's, as vicarious revenge for her pain. Later, she realizes that she is no longer trying to do so after witnessing Pip's admission of love for Estella. Miss Havisham opens up to Pip and tells him about Estella, and how, “when she first came to me, I meant to save her from misery like mine. At first I meant no more”, and how she, “stole her heart away and put ice in its place” (356-357). At this point, Pip realizes that Estella's behaviour is not natural, demonstrating his maturity. As a child, Pip presumes that she is simply mean, but he now realizes that Miss Havisham moulds Estella to be the heartless person she is. Many years pass after Pip's love confession for Estella before they encounter each other once again. After paying his debts and returning to London, he walks with little Pip, Joe and Biddy's child, and they step into a carriage in which Estella sits. They exchange a brief encounter, during which Pip becomes conscious that Estella, “supposed the child...to be my child” (438). In their fleeting encounter, Pip is aware that Estella presumes that the child is his, and allows her to believe that. Pip reaches a higher level of maturity due to this, as he now understands that his previous feelings for Estella have never been those of love, but of infatuation. He becomes aware that he does not love her, nor ever has, and is able to let her go and not allow his encounter and memories of her to captivate him. Miss Havisham's revelation to Pip about Estella causes him to understand the person she is, and results in him releasing Estella from his