An individual would often have preconceived notions of their identity and the way their lives are suppose to go. Such thoughts can lead to ignorance and arrogance. The volatility and unexpectedness of life would eventually come to shatter such expectations and reveal the true bearings of their self and their lives. The writers Charles Dickens and Cormac McCarthy created stories of personal growth and self realization. In The Great Expectation and No Country For Old Men, both Pip and Sheriff Ross have presumption towards their identity and the world around them. Both are challenged and proven false, changing their outlook towards themselves and the world. Charles Dickens and Cormac McCarthy utilizes their characters journey to warn of the
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‘You are dissatisfied on account of my rise in fortune, and you can’t help showing it” (Dickens,149). The belief of a higher calling as a gentlemen, with whom Miss Havisham would entitle Estella to, causes Pip to turn on his own friends and family. Dickens warn of the dangers of preconceived idea of grandeur, and its ability to change someone for the worst. The disillusions and wealth can cause individuals to turn against the very family that cared for him. The form of betrayal against love ones, causes a descent where individuals abandon their roots in exchange for false dreams and wild ambition. Furthermore, Dickens hints at the corrupting ways of money, and the kind of paranoia it can bring out from a person. Such paranoia would often cause the downfall of the individual as they further tunnel into their own delusions. However, at one point this false grand expectation will shatter and leave the individual to face his actions, and only through this process can they move on and grow as a person.Pip’s expectations are shattered after finding out the truth. Pip finally goes back to his family and make his amends as a true gentlemen, he tells Joe and Biddy: “Don’t tell him, Joe, that I was thankless; don’t tell him, Biddy, that I was ungenerous and unjust; only tell him that I honoured you both,
‘You are dissatisfied on account of my rise in fortune, and you can’t help showing it” (Dickens,149). The belief of a higher calling as a gentlemen, with whom Miss Havisham would entitle Estella to, causes Pip to turn on his own friends and family. Dickens warn of the dangers of preconceived idea of grandeur, and its ability to change someone for the worst. The disillusions and wealth can cause individuals to turn against the very family that cared for him. The form of betrayal against love ones, causes a descent where individuals abandon their roots in exchange for false dreams and wild ambition. Furthermore, Dickens hints at the corrupting ways of money, and the kind of paranoia it can bring out from a person. Such paranoia would often cause the downfall of the individual as they further tunnel into their own delusions. However, at one point this false grand expectation will shatter and leave the individual to face his actions, and only through this process can they move on and grow as a person.Pip’s expectations are shattered after finding out the truth. Pip finally goes back to his family and make his amends as a true gentlemen, he tells Joe and Biddy: “Don’t tell him, Joe, that I was thankless; don’t tell him, Biddy, that I was ungenerous and unjust; only tell him that I honoured you both,