I find this passage to be very deep. It shows how Pip still holds those at the forge dear, but is confused. Confused by the influence of Miss Havisham. I feel like this passage is important, due to his development as a character. He still loves Joe and Biddy, and doesn't know why he fells this way. The information about the Havisham days makes me see Miss Havisham and Estella as more of a drug rather than a new future. Pip still has a decent life, despite living as a blacksmith apprentice, but the influence of Miss Havisham jumbles his mind and leads him on in hope of a new life. He doesn't like them. He tells earlier how unhappy he is with Estella and Miss Havisham, but continues to be infatuated with them and see them. They are a drug. A