What Is Billy Graham's Legacy

Billy Graham, a liberal evangelist, once stated, "The greatest legacy one can pass on is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character". Uniformly, the beloved author, Charles Dickens, left behind a legacy similarly described by Graham's words. Dickens was born into a large family with barely enough money to get by. Unfortunately, when Dickens entered his teenage years, he was forced to leave behind his education in order to add to the family income. However, Dickens decided to look at the positive aspects in life rather than thinking about what he was not granted with. As a matter of fact, Dickens went on to become one of the most successful writers in history, despite the hurdles he was faced …show more content…
In the beginning of the novel, Pip has trouble embracing and expressing his thoughts on the inside. He lets others take advantage of him and use him for their own necessities. As a result, Pip’s low self- esteem allows him to be completely powerless and causes him to be treated with a farthing amount of respect in society. Moreover, Pip is brought up in a household where he is reminded repeatedly of his unimportance and worthlessness to the world. In fact, Pip’s older sister institutes him to feel guilty for his very own presence. At a dinner party at Pip’s sister’s house, Pip describes that, “The guests continued discussing how ungrateful I was and how much trouble I had been to my sister as they finished the main course” (Dickens 16). As one can determine, Pip has no source of confidence left to hold onto. Consequently, Pip holds the belief that materialism and high class will prompt him to stand out and appear puissant to others around him. In other words, Pip supposes that he,“‘Shall or can [never] be comfortable-or anything but miserable [at home], unless [he] can lead a very different sort of life from the life [he] leads now”’ (79). When Pip finally achieves the life of the high class, he has great expectations for his future. He anticipates that he will be recognized as important. However, to Pip’s surprise, his conjecture does not work out accordingly to the way he has …show more content…
Pip succumbs to the idea of living at a high social status, but he eventually learns that self content and overall erudition is unconnected to what he had always wanted to achieve. Likewise Dickens, one can always attain pure confidence and knowledge within, regardless of what others see on the