Blog #3 Pip and Estella's realizations

Pip and Estella have gone through realizations in chapters 38 and 39. Estella has a realization in chapter 38. In this chapter, Estella leaves Mrs. Brandley's house to visit Ms. Havisham. She tells Ms. Havisham that she is tired of herself which Ms. Havisham understands as Estella being tired of her. Estella argues with Ms. Havisham for the first time because they understand each other differently. This argument shows that they do not have many shared beliefs and ideas like they did before. Estella and Ms. Havisham do not have as good of a relationship together as in previous chapters shown by this long argument. Estella's realization results in her playing cards with Pip which allows her to forget about Ms. Havisham for the moment. Also, Pip has a realization in chapter 39. Pip's realization occurs when he discovers his benefactor. For a long time, Pip never knew who his benefactor was going to be and assumed that it was going to be Ms. Havisham. However, Pip was surprised to find out that his real benefactor was the same convict that he met in the beginning of the story. Before Pip goes to bed, Pip hears a noise on the steps outside his room. Pip looks downstairs and sees a strange person coming towards his room who knows that his name is Mr. Pip. Pip allows the person into his room and offers him hospitality. When Pip sees the man with the lights on, he discovers that he recognizes the man's features. It is at this point that Pip realizes that his benefactor is the same convict he knew as a child. As a result of finding out that the convict is his benefactor, Pip dreads becoming a gentleman. However, he offers the convict hospitality because he knows that the convict has risked his life in order to become his benefactor. Pip still wants to be with Estella, and he does not think that it will happen because the convict is his benefactor. He thought that Ms. Havisham was going to be his benefactor, and by becoming a gentleman, he could be with Estella for the rest of his life. By the end of the story, Pip will learn to accept that the convict is his benefactor and do his best to live his life as a gentleman. He will still have a good relationship with Estella but will have a harder time trying to make Estella like him. However, Estella will try to live a better life. Since Ms. Havisham and her od not have a good relationship with each other, Estella will leave Ms. Havisham and go to a place where she can live peacefully. Estella will choose to live with Ms. Brandley and her daughter permanently since she already started living with them now.

Blog#2 Estella

The names of the characters in this book show their personality to the reader. For example, the name Estella shows her personality because the name Estella comes from a latin word that means star. She is described as "a girl about my (Pip's) own age. She seemed much older than I, of course, being a girl, and beautiful and self-possessed; and she was as scornful of me as if she has been one-and-twenty and a queen" (56). Dickens describes Estella as a beautiful and self-possessed girl who was a queen. This description shows that she shares many characteristics of a star because a star is also beautiful and self-possessed when it shines in the night sky. Estella shares many personality traits with her name because her name means star and she shows many traits of stars.

Blog #1 Joe

Joe is a caring character who likes everyone he meets even if they are not the nicest people. The quote "It were a bit lonesome then," said Joe "living here alone, and I got acquainted with your sister. Now, Pip," Joe looked firmly at me, as if he knew I was not going to agree with him: "your sister is a fine figure of a woman." shows that this statement is true. This quote shows that Joe is caring because he cares about Pip's sister. Joe used to be a lonely person, but felt that he cared enough about Pip's sister that he would marry her. Also, this quotation proves that Joe likes everyone that he meets despite their personality because both Pip and Joe know that Pip's sister is a very mean person. However, Joe still describes her as being a "fine figure of a woman" which shows that Joe still likes her and her ways despite her mean personality. Joe has a kind and caring personality based on the fact that he likes everyone he meets and knows how to keep a companion that he needs when he is lonely.

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