Blog #2, Topic #2

The name estella, having a Latin origin, means "star." Estella's name accurately reflects her personality, due to her arrogance and beauty. In our modern society, many celebrities (also known as "stars") are very stuck up and can be quite rude to other people, exactly like Estella. In the text, Estella degrades Pip's card-playing strategies and abilities; for example, she scoffed at the fact that Pip refers to knaves as jacks, thinking it to be too "commoner." Clearly, Estella thinks lowly of Pip because she believes that he is not as sophisticated as she is. In addition to her arrogance, Estella is also very pretty. When Ms. Havisham asks Pip what he thinks of Estella, one of the characteristics as which he describes Estella is pretty. Just as Pip admires Estella's beauty, many people appreciate the beauty of stars (both actual stars in the sky and movie stars).