18 July 2011
I thought it was really interesting that as the book progressed and Pip was in the influence of smarter, wealthier people, Dicken's altered the language that Pip spoke with and even the words Pip kept inside of his head. I love how gradual it was too, and that once he spoke to Joe again, Joe's grammar was much less clear in comparison. Dickens portrayed each of Pip's ages perfectly as well. I loved his innocence in the beginning, and the way he perceived certain ages, especially when Estella made him cry out of frustration. It was so easy to relate to the the feelings that go along with Pip's age when Estella makes him cry that first day, when it says "She put the mug down on the stones of the wall and gave me the bread and meat without looking at me, as insolently as if I were a dog in disgrace. I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended,angry, sorry-- I cannot hit upon the right name for the smart-- God knows what its name was-- that tears sprang to my eyes" (60). I became attached to the character of Pip particularly through these kind of instances.
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there is definately a change in emotion as the book goes on as well
I think that when Estella made Pip cry, it showed the extent of Pip's emotional trauma caused by Mrs.Joe and Mr. Pumblechook, for example. Overall, I think that Dickens wanted to develop a sympathetic view of young Pip to help the reader better understand his behavior as a gentleman.
I think that if Dickens had left out all the part of Pip crying and how he felt that first day, I wouldn't understand Pip or like him very much because later in the book, when he is really snobby to Joe, I had to remember all the things he was going through and without the sympathetic views, I don't think I'd understand Pip.
As the novel began I felt disconnected with Pip and very disapproving, but when Dickens demonstrated Pip's raw emotions he became very easy to realte too and made him seem more realistic and personable. These insights into Pip's emotions allow us, as readers, to realte and compare to our own lives. I also believe that it demonstrates how you can't "judge a book by its conver." As much as that phrase is overused I do think it realted to Pip and how although his actions persuade the reader into negative emotions regarding Pip's charcter, it also reminds us that every person has a story, has a reason for what they do and how they feel.
All in all, Pip was a regular teenager just like us. It was kind of crazy how some of his emotions related to us perfectly. He struggled with ordinary young adult concerns. For instance, girls/relationships/whatever. Most of our main concerns as teenagers have to do with the acceptance of the opposite sex. However juviniele or cliche high school relationships are, everyone deals with them. And it was weird how young Pip dealt with the same emotions when he encountered and began to know Estella. Pip felt like he was never going to be good enough for someone of her beauty, stature. It became easier to understnad where he was coming from when we deal with the same circumstances regularly. It defintley made me appriciate Pip more as a character and vulnerable teen more.
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