Most people have someone they look up to, or someone that has taught them to be the kind of person they are. These mentors have a great amount of influence over their mentees and can encourage them to behave or think in positive or negative ways. In Charles Dickens; Great Expectations, many characters have mentors who shape them into the people they are at the end of the book. One of those mentors, Miss Havisham, was stood up at her wedding by a man who just wanted her wealth. She developed a sort of grudge against men and wanted revenge. She utilized her power over her adopted daughter, Estella and influenced her to get back at men, and taught her to break boy’s hearts. When Estella was brought to Miss Havisham’s house, Miss Havisham just
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When Pip started visiting Miss Havisham’s house, Estella treated him coldly and made him feel like he was not worthy of her. Even so, Pip began to like her and she thought she was beautiful. She wanted Estella to have practice breaking men’s hearts. Miss Havisham played with that by repeatedly asking him if he thought she was pretty and if he wanted to see her again to bait him into liking Estella even more. Throughout the book, Miss Havisham asks Pip about Estella and what he thinks of her. “From Estella she looked at me, with a searching glance that seemed to pry into my heart and probe its wounds. ‘How does she use you, Pip; how does she use you?’ she asked me again, with her witch-like eagerness” (Dickens 302). She wants Pip to fall in love with Estella, just for Estella to disappoint him and not marry Pip. Miss Havisham loved that Estella was getting into Pip’s head and heart and hoped that Estella was breaking his heart. She wanted Estella to have practice breaking men’s …show more content…
This communication is vital to give appropriate and useful advice to the pupil. “’I am to write to her constantly and see her regularly, and report how I go on” (Dickens 270). Estella and Miss Havisham had that important communication, so that Miss Havisham could be updated on how Estella was doing with the goals Miss Havisham made for her. Communication is key for every relationship to express what people are feeling or want. In a mentor relationship, a pupil relies on some feedback from their teacher to either let them know that they are doing a great job and to continue or to let them know of some things to improve upon. That way the pupil can succeed in whatever they are doing; like manipulating
When Pip started visiting Miss Havisham’s house, Estella treated him coldly and made him feel like he was not worthy of her. Even so, Pip began to like her and she thought she was beautiful. She wanted Estella to have practice breaking men’s hearts. Miss Havisham played with that by repeatedly asking him if he thought she was pretty and if he wanted to see her again to bait him into liking Estella even more. Throughout the book, Miss Havisham asks Pip about Estella and what he thinks of her. “From Estella she looked at me, with a searching glance that seemed to pry into my heart and probe its wounds. ‘How does she use you, Pip; how does she use you?’ she asked me again, with her witch-like eagerness” (Dickens 302). She wants Pip to fall in love with Estella, just for Estella to disappoint him and not marry Pip. Miss Havisham loved that Estella was getting into Pip’s head and heart and hoped that Estella was breaking his heart. She wanted Estella to have practice breaking men’s …show more content…
This communication is vital to give appropriate and useful advice to the pupil. “’I am to write to her constantly and see her regularly, and report how I go on” (Dickens 270). Estella and Miss Havisham had that important communication, so that Miss Havisham could be updated on how Estella was doing with the goals Miss Havisham made for her. Communication is key for every relationship to express what people are feeling or want. In a mentor relationship, a pupil relies on some feedback from their teacher to either let them know that they are doing a great job and to continue or to let them know of some things to improve upon. That way the pupil can succeed in whatever they are doing; like manipulating