Miss Havisham And Joe Gargery Analysis

Everyone gets hurt more than once in their lives, whether it is liked or not. But what really matters is how the pain that occured is handled. Some people try to keep it in and seem strong until they can’t anymore and then explode. Others will get stuck in the moment where their whole life changed. Some will learn from what happened and use that to help them grow. And for some people the answer could be to feel numb and emotionally shut down or to blame what happened on themselves. These certain reactions affect the people around them greatly.
In the bildungsroman novel, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, there are two characters that go through these types of experiences, Miss Havisham and Joe Gargery. The ways that they handle what has happened to them could not be more opposite. They are both a part of Pip’s upbringing and he is affected by how they have chose to move on from what has happened. …show more content…
Joe finding good in everyone no matter how wrong they did to him. Miss Havisham locking herself out of the world and using other people to do what someone once did to her. Dickens is suggesting that the way that people react to suffering shapes their lives and the lives around them. Which is important to remember so that people really think about not just their actions, but their reactions as well. Dickens wants the reader to know that Miss Havisham is a huge role in Pip’s life. Her reactions to what happened to her are making him think differently about the way that he sees his life at home and at the forge. Miss Havisham is also changing Pip’s attitude towards Joe, who has changed his whole life for Pip. Since Pip was so young he was blinded by who Miss Havisham was, because of her being so different, and having a strong personality. The narrating Pip see’s what young Pip couldn’t which offers many views on his