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Many significant events occur in chapters 38-39. When pip is disssapointed to realize that he was never meant to marry Estella. Dickens makes us, the reader, believe that Pip is still destined to become the husband of Estella. That Mrs. Havisham is the benefactor of Pip and that the world will be wonderful. His relationship with Estella has gone from bad to worse, where he was once her abused playmate, and now he is expected to act as her companion, accompanying her to meet suitor after suitor at parties, making Pip her chaperone. This deflates Pip's hopes that he is meant for Estella.

Unfortunatly for Pip, his benefator was actually the convict who many years ago forced Pip to get him a file and some bread. The reappearence of the convict and the solution of the mystery of Pip's benefator mark an important milestone in the book's development.
Now Pip learns that his wealth and social standing come from the labor of an uneducated prison inmate, turning his world inside out. The fulfillment of his hope of being raised to a higher social class turns out to be the work of a man from a class even lower than his own. Which makes him think about his expectations. “Look'ee here, Pip. I'm your second father. You're my son—more to me nor any son. I've put away money, only for you to spend” (320).

Pip now has to rethink his expectations, that all of his hopes and dreams of the years have been shattered. Then the relation with them was shattered. Estella will move on and find a great suitor.

I definitely do agree that Estella is very beautiful, and stars are very beautiful. Ms. Havisham does reflect her cold personality over to Estella. But I imagine her more as a dwarf star. Still beautiful to the eye, but is cold and light less. Everyone does revolve around her. Estella's last name 'Satis' means efficient. "Is Manor House the name of this house, miss?' 'One of its names, boy.' 'It has more than one, then, miss?' 'One more. Its other name was Satis; which is Greek, or Latin, or Hebrew," (56). So Estella's name mean sufficient star. I think it is referring to how she only the way she is this way is because of her guardian, Ms. Havisham. Making her this corrupt star.

Blog 2

The name Estella means star in Spanish as well as Latin. Like she is the shining star and anyone and everyone should revolve around her. The name indicates her personality, her relation with other characters and even the way in which she moves along the novel. Stars are cold but beautiful to see. Stars are also bold and easy to notice, whether you like them or not. The same is true for Estella, she has a cold personality but she is very pretty. Estella's heart is as cold as ice. "returned the young lady (Estella), who was very pretty and seemed very proud" (55). Estella even shows her disgust when Pip beats her in a card game. "I played a game with Estella, and she beggard me. She threw the cards down on the table when she had won them all, as if she despised them for having been won by me" (61).

Blog Assignment 1

Mrs. Joe

Mrs. Joe is portrayed as an obnoxious human being. She is controlling, cruel, unfair, and abuser. Pip describes Mrs. Joe as a person who is desperate for control, and the way she does this is controlling Joe her husband by knocking him around and fighting with him. Mrs. Joe is a cruel and unjust person. From Pip's point of view, you can understand that he does not actually like his sister. Through this quote it is clear that Pip has some empathy for Mr. Joe, because Mrs. Joe as also abused Pip. It shows how Pip and Joe are to some extent, friends. Pip feels guilty because Joe is taking the punishment for Pip's actions. Mrs. Joe obviously does not respect her husband, because she treats him like he is absolute garbage.

My first post charles

lol, Great Expectations. Author: Charles Dickens.