I predict that Estella will leave Miss Havisham. After fighting with her, Estella realizes that she is sick of Miss Havisham trying to control her; someone with Estella's vulgarity cannot handle being controlled. I predict that Pip will eventually turn in the convict to the authorities. Though Pip is helping the convict right now, that is just his initial reaction; Pip is extremely scared of the convict, especially after seeing his pistol. Essentially, Pip is helping the convict out of fear, not out of true goodness. When Pip gets more used to the convict and becomes less scared of him, he will do the right thing and turn him in. Even though this man is Pip's benefactor, Pip is smart enough to know the difference between right and wrong.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Blog #3
Estella has realized that her relationship with Miss Havisham has taken a turn for the worse. Miss Havisham basically tried to brainwash Estella into hurting men (emotionally). As a result, Estella was very bitter with her and treated her very meanly. When someone comes into Pip's apartment during the thunderstorm, and Pip realizes that this person is the convict that scared him when he was younger, he realizes that he's caught between two possible decisions: turning in this person to the authorities or aiding him. After Pip finds out that this convict is his benefactor, he thinks that the best decision would be to help him.
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Nick, I also believe that Estella will leave Miss Havisham. She is just too much of a free spirit to be tied down by her adoptive mother. At one point, Pip makes an observation. “We [Estella, Pip, and Miss Havisham] were seated by the fire and Miss Havisham still had Estella’s arm drawn through her own, and still clutched Estella’s hand in hers, when Estella gradually began to detach herself. She had shown a proud impatience more than once before…” (303). This further explains how much Estella dreams to be free of her mother and shows that she needs her independence in order to be happy.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I agree with your prediction about Estella, I believe that Pip will remain loyal to the Convict and stand by him throughout his tribulations. Yes, Pip is frightened by the Convict at first (when enters and reveals that he is his benefactor) but if someone who frightened you in the past returned, you might be scared as well. Pip states that the convict “had risked his life to come to me, and I held it there in my keeping! If I had loved him instead of abhorring him; if I had been attracted to him by the strongest admiration and affection, instead of shrinking from him with strongest repugnance…it would have been better, for his preservation would then have naturally and tenderly addressed my heart” (323). The Convict’s visit meant a lot to Pip because he had broken the law in doing so. In addition, Pip regrets his foolish act of being fearful of his benefactor. So, Pip will continue to help the Convict and protect him from the law.
In the beginning, Pip did not aid the convict completely out of fear. He also felt some sympathy for the convict. "If I slept at all that night, it was only to imagine myself drifting down the river on a strong spring tide, to the Hulks; a ghostly pirate calling out to me...that I had better come ashore and be hanged there at once, and not put it off". [Dickens 15] Picturing this in his head, Pip could not bare to give this fate to the convict in the beginning and still will not.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with the idea that Pip will turn in the convict to the authorities. Pip's initial fear was natural and faded over time. He was stunned because of his shattered future with no great purpose. His reasons to help the convict came more out of personal debt and sympathy. In fact, he eventually forms a connection with the convict. He lets go of the fear he has of him once he learns of his past.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with pip going to turn the convict in. Like any person Pip would have done anything to get out of the situation that he was in. Of course that fear is going to stay with you for a while, but if will eventually go away. Pip was trying to help the convict just because his heart has brought him to do that. Once he finds out who the convict really is he and what his past was he starts to understand him more than he has ever before.
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