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As is too often the case, Pip makes the situation about him...and Estella...Why does he want to see Estella and Miss Havisham before taking care of Magwitch's escape from England?
Very childish behavior between Drummle and Pip. So who will win the battle for Estella's heart (if she actually has one)?
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Pip, he's such a self centered little cry baby. Though Pip does annoy me, without his teenage angsty attitude he wouldn't add as much as he does to the novel because that attitude of his is also his driving force in life. I think he wants to see Miss Havisham and Estella before taking care of Magwitch to be able to reveal what he knows while Magwitch is still in the country, allowing Miss Havisham to possibly have the opportunity to talk with him and somehow get the revenge she wants? It's almost like Pip is looking to get brownie points with Miss Havisham, being able to go to her and say that he knows one of the people connected to her "demise". The competition between Drummle and Pip was so entertaining. Especially when Drummle called the waiter over to mention for a second time how "the lady" wouldn't be riding that day and that he would be dining at "the lady's" house.
Pip seems to have his priorities out if place, he has such immature behavior that it blocks the logical process of important situations. Instead if gettig Magwitch out of London a fast as he can, he risks his, Herbert an Magwitchs lives to talk to his "beloved" Estella and to basically shove his knowledge of his benefactor in Miss Havishams face. Even thoh after he goes he does do some good pertaining to Herbert, he still was silly for going here first before making sure Magwitch was safe an out of sight. Drummle and Pip and how you can generalize men, even though I personally don't, but everything is a competition and the one who wins gets this feeling of accomplishment even when the competition was nothing more then standing by a fire, fighting for a territory that doesn't even belong to them. It's very immature, but something to keep the reader entertained with for the time being
Pip put others' lives at risk in order to go see Estella and Ms. Havisham. He did that because he's an extremely emotionally driven character that cannot keep his head straight and do what is logically correct when "his heart is aching." It was extremely childish of Pip and Drummle, but still extremely entertaining for me haha. I think Drummle will win over Estella because it seems like Pip has too much emotional dedication towards her. Estella seems like the heartless girl that does not notice or care about the love a man feels for her, but wants a man of business to show her a good time.
The first couple of sentences definitely shows Pip’s motivation; “Why should I…”, again as selfish as ever. It seems that as Pip begins to improve and take a step forward, he then takes two steps back. Pip decides that he will go see and talk with Estella and Miss Havisham in an attempt to try to make himself look better. I think that Pip believes that by sharing all of the information that he has learned with Miss. Havisham, that she will be so thrilled with him and give him a better chance to be the Estella. Pip’s quarrel with Drummle really shows his lack of maturity; pretending not to see Drummle and shoulder fights does nothing. As to who will win Estella’s heart, I think that it will be Drummle; Pip’s life is beginning to spiral downwards, and I think that the “young lady” that Drummle keeps referring to is in fact Estella.
Throughout the book, Pip is in pursuit of love. While being thought of as a gentleman was immensely important to him, love is what he was ultimately missing. He, like many others, pursues love despite having other pressing issues, therefore, why he does not take care of business. He is ruled by his emotional needs and acts out immaturely to justify the reasons he does not feel worthy of her. He felt that because he wasn't her same social status , he should leave her forever. If that was today's standards, we never would have had that whole Sandra Bullock/Jesse James thing. But unlike Sandra, Estella doesn't seem to know how to love. At this point in the novel, I am not sure if and when she marries, she will ever be able to love who she picks. Miss Havishsham is another case in this book. She is stuck in the past and can't get over her own disappointing experience so she teaches Estella how to be heart breaker, dream taker, love taker...(break into Pat Benatar song) If I were him, I would ditch them both quick!
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