Thursday, February 26, 2009
Blog #3: Realizations
Near the end of book 2, Pip and Estella come to great realizations. After loving Estella for so long, Pip finally comes to the realization that she doesn't love him back. Throught the story Pip is convinced that Miss Havisham is his benefactor and that he will eventually be married off to Estella. When Pip learns that his fortune was given to him by the convict, he is crushed, as this means Estella may not love him back. With this realization, I believe that Pip will be crushed for a while before working harder than ever to get Estella, as he now knows he will have to work to get her instead of her just being given to him. Near the same time as Pip's realization occurs, Estella has one of her own. Estella finally realizes that Miss Havisham has been using her her entire life to get back at boys, because of her bad experience with her fiance. Ever since Estella was a young girl, Miss Havisham has been bringing boys to Estella to become attached to her, and then forces Estella to break their hearts. After this realization, Estella finally steps up to Miss Havisham, as she finally has the guts to confront her and yell at her for using her all this time. I predict that this realization will drastically change Estella's personality. Estella has always been very cold and selfish, as that is how she had been taught to be. With this realization, I think she will realize how terribly she has treated these boys and she will stop it immediately. I also believe that her relationship with Miss Havisham will continue to get worse until being severed altogether, because of the strain this has caused on them.
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I do agree with your statement, that with Estella's realization, she will change her personality. I do not agree though, that she will stop treating boys terribly immediately. We have watched Estella brake Pip's and many other hearts throughout the book and not thought twice about it. Her whole life she has been taught to brake men's hearts, and now with this realization I don't think she will change her ways just like that. She may become slightly kinder, but she will still maintain many of the lessons Miss Havisham has taught her of being cruel and mean to boys.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the relationship between Estella and Miss Havisham will continue to deteriorate. Miss Havisham was living her life through the cruel games she made Estella play with the emotions of various males. Estella may or may not realize that she has been perhaps irretrievably psychologically damaged by these games and the effects of them on her outlook toward men. it would be very helpful if Estella could look at some healthy relationships and use those as role models instead of the twisted views of Miss Havisham.
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