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How Does Pip Become A Gentleman

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Pip’s environment pressures him to become a gentleman, as shown in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Pip is an orphaned boy who moves to London when he finds out he have a anonymous beneficiary. He moves to the Satis House where he works on becoming a gentleman. Throughout the text Pip tries to solve the injustice of being poor by becoming a gentleman, to win over Estella. He have a difficult time getting Estella, but it eventually happens. Pip is partially successful because he doesn’t become a gentleman. Pip starts to follow the teachings of Miss Havisham and confuses being a gentleman with being wealthy. He starts to become selfish and a little arrogant when he works on being a gentleman. Dickens show us that wealth and social status cannot make you happy, through Pip when he …show more content…

We see this where Pip says “ I had insensibly begin to notice their effect upon myself and those around me. Their influence on my own character I disguised from my recognition as much as possible, but I knew very well that it was not all good” (Dickens,213). Pip realizes that he changed a lot while he tried to become a gentleman. Pip let people like Miss Havisham influence him and he realizes that it was a big mistake. He could've been happier if he stayed at the forge with Joe. Pip confirms this when he says “I should have been happier and better if I had never seen Miss Havisham’s face, and had risen to manhood content to be partners with Joe in the honest old forge” (Dickens,213). Pip was wealthy and had a lot of flashy things but he wasn't happy because he let that be the center of his world, along with winning Estella over. It took for him to be broke to realize that he probably should've stayed back at the forge with Joe because he could have lived a happier life. Miss Havisham symbolized wealth for Pip because she lived in a big house and he thought that the things she taught him, would get him to that

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In the bildungsroman, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Pip grows up and acquires a plethora of money, ultimately changing him and his character. As readers watch Pip grow into a wealthy young man, they also witness his morals change. Pip and Joe were always close when he lived in the marshes, ever since Pip moved to London, he started talking with disrespect to Joe. Pip does not care what Joe thinks of him now because to Pip, Joe is just another commoner with no money. Their friendship was valuable but Pip gave it up for money, that act shows Pip’s character and morals.

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Pip first learns the effect of money after telling Mr. Trabb, the tailor, he has come into great fortune. When Pip goes to buy a suit, he notices how respectful Mr. Trabb is, “he opened his arms, and took the liberty of touching me on the outside of each elbow” (144). Next, Pumblechook has a new admiration for Pip as he transitions into the upper class. Pip describes that Pumblechook repeatedly wants to shake hands with him when he says, “we shook hands for the hundredth time at least, and he ordered a young carter out of my way…” (148). Pip’s final stop before he departs to his new life is Miss Havishams to say goodbye.

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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.

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No matter how far someone wanders from home, they will always remember where they came from and find their way back there. When Pip was seven years old, he loved everything about his life, that is until he met Estella and Miss Havisham. They came from a higher social class and made Pip realize just how little he knew about the world and social classes. When he was given the opportunity to leave his childhood home and move to London to become a gentleman he jumps at the opportunity to change himself to prove to Estella that he is worthy of her. Pip wandered around London for numerous years lost and unhappy with how his life turned out.

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