Great Expectations Essay, Research Paper

Growing Up

Most people hope for their kids to grow up into young gentlemen and ladies. In the

book Great Expectation by Charles Dickens you can see this at work. Miss Havisham tries

to turn Estella into a lady , and Magwitch tries to turn Pip into a gentlemen. They both use

different methods and motives, but still come out with the same results.

Magwitch tries to turn Pip into a gentleman by giving him all of the money he wants

and desires. Pip ended up with bad money habits and was in debt. He did become a gentleman

though. Miss Havisham turns Estella into a lady by teaching her what she had learned and

sending her to schools. This made her a lady, but a cruel one.

When Magwitch was going to court with one of his accomplices, he got a longer

sentence just because he wasn?t a gentleman or well dressed . After he met Pip he decided he

wanted to make him a gentleman ,so Pip wouldn?t have to go though what Magwitch

did.MissHavisham was tricked by a man and lost a lot of money. After that she was

heartbroken for a long time . Then she turned Estella into a cruel lady ,so she could hurt men.

In the end, Pip and Estella ended up kind of the same They were both miserable. . Pip

was almost put in to jail because of his debts ,and lived in London with Herbert and his

wife. Estella married Drummle and he treated her very badly .After Drummle died ,she

remarried, and had a kid and lived a lonely life. She lost most of what Miss Havisham had

given her. In the end Pip and Estella ended up being miserable because of the lessons they

had been taught as children.

This is how Miss Havisham and Magwitch tried to make Estella and Pip into

a gentleman and lady. They unfortunately they didn?t succeed and Pip and Estella were

scarded for life. Most parents today hope for their kids to become well mannered adults , but

sometimes things go haywire.