FREE ESSAY ON GREAT EXPECTATIONS

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

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.