Pip altered many of the characters lives in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations when he rose up, and ultimately down, the social ladder. When Pip acquired his fortune, he rose from society’s bottom rung of the ladder to the top. Consequently, he changed both physically and mentally, from being an innocent boy to an arrogant man. Also, Pip came to the realization that how he dealt with the people who cared for him was absolutely wrong; this had an repercussion on each one of the story’s characters and how they felt about Pip.
Joe and Pip are friends and both have a substantial impact on each other’s lives until the Pip’s fortune dramatically changed their relationship. Pip began to believe he was above Joe because he had a higher education …show more content…
Neither one of them were intelligent, so Mrs. Joe treated them poorly, nevertheless, they were both continent with their lives. (Pg.38) When Pip started visiting Miss Havisham’s house and met Estella, he started to think differently. Realizing there is disparity between people of a higher class; Miss Havisham and Estella, than people of a lower class; Pip and Joe. ( Pg.58) When Pip visits Miss Havisham, Estella puts him down for being a common laboring boy, this makes Pip feel self-conscious about his social class. He treats Joe in a different way and makes fun of him for not having an education, like Estella does to him. (Pg. 74) When Pip starts to apprentice for Joe, he acts poorly toward him, because he feels he deserves to be gentlemen, not just a blacksmith. (Pg. …show more content…
Now Pip is the one a of higher social class and acts like Pumblechook used to when Pip was poor. (Pg. 119) When Pip arrives in London he does not care about anybody who raised him, Pumblechook would write him to inquire how he was doing, while nobody else seemed to care. Then when he comes back for Mrs. Joe funeral he starts to realize the people who truly care about him, one of is not Pumblechook. (Pg.256) When Pip starts having rough times and loses his money Pumblechook is nowhere around because Pip is poor again and does not have a reason to be around him. Pip realizes that the only reason Pumblechook associated with Pip was because he had money and Pumblechook wanted some of it.
Joe and Pip are friends and both have a substantial impact on each other’s lives until the Pip’s fortune dramatically changed their relationship. Pip began to believe he was above Joe because he had a higher education …show more content…
Neither one of them were intelligent, so Mrs. Joe treated them poorly, nevertheless, they were both continent with their lives. (Pg.38) When Pip started visiting Miss Havisham’s house and met Estella, he started to think differently. Realizing there is disparity between people of a higher class; Miss Havisham and Estella, than people of a lower class; Pip and Joe. ( Pg.58) When Pip visits Miss Havisham, Estella puts him down for being a common laboring boy, this makes Pip feel self-conscious about his social class. He treats Joe in a different way and makes fun of him for not having an education, like Estella does to him. (Pg. 74) When Pip starts to apprentice for Joe, he acts poorly toward him, because he feels he deserves to be gentlemen, not just a blacksmith. (Pg. …show more content…
Now Pip is the one a of higher social class and acts like Pumblechook used to when Pip was poor. (Pg. 119) When Pip arrives in London he does not care about anybody who raised him, Pumblechook would write him to inquire how he was doing, while nobody else seemed to care. Then when he comes back for Mrs. Joe funeral he starts to realize the people who truly care about him, one of is not Pumblechook. (Pg.256) When Pip starts having rough times and loses his money Pumblechook is nowhere around because Pip is poor again and does not have a reason to be around him. Pip realizes that the only reason Pumblechook associated with Pip was because he had money and Pumblechook wanted some of it.