As I continue to work my way through Great Expectations I feel more and more connected with Pip. A blacksmith's apprentice wanted to become so much more, although it's for the sake of a girl. He knows that he can become so much better and he's trying, and finally he can with the handsome property he has come into and the help of Mr. Jaggers and Mr. Pocket. As Mr. Jaggers tells Pip and Joe, "...it is the desire of the present possessor of the property, that he be immediately removed from his present shpere of life and from this place, and be brought up as a gentleman -in a word, as a young fellow of great expectations." (pg 107) I just don't think that Pip realizes yet how those expectations are going to affect him and who he is. WH Auden said "How do I know what I think until I see what I say?" Pip thinks he wants to be this gentleman, but with only being in brief contact with other gentleman, he doesn't know who he is going to become. I guess I'll find out tomorrow when I hopefully (cross your fingers) finish the book!
importance of being....
16 years ago
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