Miss Havisham's Childhood
Psychological Impartation of Adults It is funny how people take the influence adults have had on them for granted; this influence could be either in a positive or negative way. Adults could influence children into blindly doing things, such as a rapper who normally uses violent language influences a young listener into thinking that inappropriate language is alright to use. There is a saying that one could describe a child’s parent by studying their behavior. In the Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Pip and Estella were shaped emotionally and psychologically by the influence of the adults around them. In the Great Expectation by Charles Dickens, Estella was highly influenced by Miss Havisham who was a parental figure in her life at
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Pip matures throughout the book due to the influence the people around had on him. In the beginning of the novel, Pip’s encounter with Magwitch in the marshes changed his whole life. “I never thought I was going to rob Joe, for I never thought of any of the housekeeping property was as his…” (Dickens 13). Pip was raised under the strict hands of his sister and the love of the kind Joe, who grounded him morally; but due to his encounter with Magwitch, he lost his innocence. “[Magwitch] titled me over a little more, so as to give me a greater sense of helplessness and danger. ‘You get me a file’. He titled me again. ‘And you get me wittles” (Dickens 5). Magwitch enforced fear into Pip at tender age therefore breaking his innocence. Miss Havisham was also a big influence in Pip’s life. Before Pip visited the Satis house he was content with whom he was; he totally changed after the visit. Pip shares with Joe that he “felt very miserable, and that I hadn’t been able to explain myself to Mrs. Joe and Pumblechook, who were so rude to me, and that there had been beautiful young lady at Miss Havisham’s who was dreadfully proud, and that she had said I was common, and that I knew I was common, and that I wished I was not common, and that the lies had come of it somehow, though I didn’t know how (Dickens 67). Even though Mrs. Joe and Pumblechook were rude to Pip, Pip was not
Pip matures throughout the book due to the influence the people around had on him. In the beginning of the novel, Pip’s encounter with Magwitch in the marshes changed his whole life. “I never thought I was going to rob Joe, for I never thought of any of the housekeeping property was as his…” (Dickens 13). Pip was raised under the strict hands of his sister and the love of the kind Joe, who grounded him morally; but due to his encounter with Magwitch, he lost his innocence. “[Magwitch] titled me over a little more, so as to give me a greater sense of helplessness and danger. ‘You get me a file’. He titled me again. ‘And you get me wittles” (Dickens 5). Magwitch enforced fear into Pip at tender age therefore breaking his innocence. Miss Havisham was also a big influence in Pip’s life. Before Pip visited the Satis house he was content with whom he was; he totally changed after the visit. Pip shares with Joe that he “felt very miserable, and that I hadn’t been able to explain myself to Mrs. Joe and Pumblechook, who were so rude to me, and that there had been beautiful young lady at Miss Havisham’s who was dreadfully proud, and that she had said I was common, and that I knew I was common, and that I wished I was not common, and that the lies had come of it somehow, though I didn’t know how (Dickens 67). Even though Mrs. Joe and Pumblechook were rude to Pip, Pip was not