Miss Havisham Influence
Throughout Great Expectations Pip, is influenced in both negative and positive ways steering him in the direction of becoming a gentleman and with this comes the power and responsibility of money, and throughout his youth and most formative years, pip is becoming a toady because of the external influences he’s around, his own internal moral struggles, and how despite all of the factors working against him, he still has good morals and intentions.
From the beginning of his meeting with Miss Havisham, nearly everyone in Pip’s life stand to gain in some way or another from the unused wealth that accompanies, so it’s only natural for pip to feel persuaded to become a sycophant. Even members of Pip’s family, who do not have much to gain from Miss …show more content…
(80,88).” Although Pip does not seem to like the Pockets, he is still predisposed by them and it is here that Pip truly begins to learn of the wealth that Miss Havisham possesses. The assumed wealth that Miss Havisham has and the general disdain that she has for nearly everyone else only furthers Pip’s later mentality that she is his benefactor. Both of these people inadvertently change Pip for the worst, as these are some of the only people he is exposed to at the beginning of his life. The sycophants around him do not only explain pip’s qualities, but he also shows signs of being somewhat obsequious through his mentality and …show more content…
As soon as Pip sees a way of life different from his own he becomes instantly shameful of his upbringing and those around him who love him. Soon after meeting Estella and Miss Havisham for the first time, Pip begins to see himself as “a common laboring-boy; that my hands were coarse; that my boots were thick; that I had falling into a despicable habit of calling knaves Jacks,” and he even goes as far as to imply that he is “more ignorant than [he] considered [himself] last night (65).” Pip, for the first time sees how different life can really be and he finds that he is on the lowly side, and this prompts him to make changes. Seeing how common he is and knowing that Miss Havisham has money makes Pip work hard to please both Estella and Miss
From the beginning of his meeting with Miss Havisham, nearly everyone in Pip’s life stand to gain in some way or another from the unused wealth that accompanies, so it’s only natural for pip to feel persuaded to become a sycophant. Even members of Pip’s family, who do not have much to gain from Miss …show more content…
(80,88).” Although Pip does not seem to like the Pockets, he is still predisposed by them and it is here that Pip truly begins to learn of the wealth that Miss Havisham possesses. The assumed wealth that Miss Havisham has and the general disdain that she has for nearly everyone else only furthers Pip’s later mentality that she is his benefactor. Both of these people inadvertently change Pip for the worst, as these are some of the only people he is exposed to at the beginning of his life. The sycophants around him do not only explain pip’s qualities, but he also shows signs of being somewhat obsequious through his mentality and …show more content…
As soon as Pip sees a way of life different from his own he becomes instantly shameful of his upbringing and those around him who love him. Soon after meeting Estella and Miss Havisham for the first time, Pip begins to see himself as “a common laboring-boy; that my hands were coarse; that my boots were thick; that I had falling into a despicable habit of calling knaves Jacks,” and he even goes as far as to imply that he is “more ignorant than [he] considered [himself] last night (65).” Pip, for the first time sees how different life can really be and he finds that he is on the lowly side, and this prompts him to make changes. Seeing how common he is and knowing that Miss Havisham has money makes Pip work hard to please both Estella and Miss