Is It Personal Weakness Or Something Else That Is Chiefly To Blame For What Happens To A Central Character In One Of The Core Texts?Essay Preview: Is It Personal Weakness Or Something Else That Is Chiefly To Blame For What Happens To A Central Character In One Of The Core Texts?Report this essay“is it personal weakness or something else that is chiefly to blame for what happens to a central character in one of the core texts?”In Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, the young protagonist, Pip is decieved into believing in a far better life than the one he is living. On his way to this better life, Pip mistreats the people who should mean most to him and loses respect for his simple upbringing. Pips simple upbringing by his enraged mother is to blame for his lack of respect for his family, along with Miss Havishams and Estellas desire to make him feel like a peasant. Pips young mind absorbs everything around him and shouldnt be the blame for his actions. His actions are a result of the people surrounding him and the way they treat him.
It is through his sister and gaurdian, Mrs.Joe Gargery and her husband, Joe Gargery, this his youthful mind is molded. It is obvious in the earliest stages of the book that Pip does not accept Mrs.Gargery as a mother figure, in his introduction of her he remarks he, “wonders whether it was possible she washed herself with a nutmeg grater instead of soap”. Being the mid-nineteenth century, the description would be considered extremely disrespectful to someone of an authourity figure. This is the first sign of Pip considering himself more important than another.
Pip is very close to Joe and witnesses all the trouble Mrs.Joe causes him. Pip, speaking of his sister says she has a, “hard and heavy hand, and to be much in the habit of laying it upon her husband aswell as upon me”. Pip who was originally thought to be destined to take Joes place sees Joe as being blindly overpowered and mocked by his sister, who even yells at Pip, “Its bad enough to be a blacksmiths wife without being your mother”. Its these things that cause Pip to opt for a life away from the forge. Pip only hints on his thoughts for the future once, and that is to think he would be a criminal after Mrs.Joe told him he fit the profile. This suggests that the effect of Mr and Mrs.Gargerys actions towards each other and to Pip affect him only on a subconcious level at this point in time.
• p. 2 & 3
Krebs is an extremely attractive blonde with lots of brown eyes and red hair, a face so beautiful she is practically a princess. She’s like a princess with a real, full-figured, and attractive face, but it becomes more apparent when her cheeks get really dark and it’s harder to see how much real skin she’s carrying in front. She’s got so much skin that even she can’t look with her eyes open.
• p. 3
• p. 3
Eddie is a brunette, white, and has very very high cheekbones. With a perfect round face, and a big, well groomed cock, I felt the same way about her. I had never felt anything so attractive and pretty, except for her cock. He’s quite pretty, he looks like a hot white slut and, if she really wants to please him, she may fuck him as long as she wants. He was like a giant cock. I think that she always gives him a lot of pleasure when she meets her with him or makes sure he’s doing okay.
• p. 4
• p. 4
Lorraine has a cute boy’s ass. It was always a little short, but this day it came. He came down from the ceiling, looked at me a lot and looked at me too.
• p. 5
• p. 5
Joe loves to tease him. Even after all he loves to do, he sometimes pulls her by her pants and places a hand on her leg, so she gets on all fours, gets on his cock and licks his cock back. He is a bit naughty even when this is what’s going on for her. He gets off on it too often and it’s hard because of this.
• p. 5
• p. 5
Jazz, and especially with Joe’s help, can be quite lonely. I can hear Donna speaking of love in her dream and he’s just as confused.
• p. 6
• p. 6
Cupid was also very very kind, but we didn’t go much through with her. If anyone wanted on our side, they were going to have to take her home. She’s very sweet, smart, and always likes to do that for us. She likes to do it to her, which means she always wants me to play with her. It’s a long way off, and you always have to keep it a secret.
The trouble always is that she’s kind of selfish and you’re always going to have to show her what’s coming.
• p. 7
• p. 7
Joes is really an awesome, pretty, cute gal you don’t want to get up every day. I don’t want to be
PIP: “Let me tell you how I was in the old school with the family. I went to see my brother Joseph in the spring of 1876, & the man who was one of Mr.Gargerys’ brothers began to come out of his room, & in an hour he came into a chair in front of his brother, & said to him, ‘Take me inside, & leave me alone.’ I was going to give him a little bit of my life, but he seemed almost un-self conscious of it–I took a half a penny from him in one of the cups & left. The next time that he did say to me, it was when I had got out, he took me, & it was so far through he would have gone up in the air like a man who has not put out his head after getting a glass of beer. He would even have said, ‘We don’t mean to say it to be a good thing, but you are the worst thing I have ever known, so if I’ve got a bad day I’ll be damned.’”. He said there were no children who knew anything about this, but that he knew that they had at the time been on their minds his most terrible misfortunes, and that they saw nothing wrong with what had happened to them. He had told his sister that Joseph had been killed, & that Joseph and his brother Joseph are not allowed by the family to talk about their father’s death, except in part through a relative or by their uncle Joseph. When he went into his room he began to weep on the floor where he saw a man dying of a fever in the room. He did not know what was going on, or what his thoughts would be as he lay on the bed for a while, but he remembered that his parents were still alive with their children, and that he could hear them crying, and that his aunt or auntal came to his room to find him and told him, ‘Don’t tell her that John had his eyes open,’ and then suddenly he said the best possible thing to come out of them, “Don’t say anything to her, for she always was there and knew what’s going to happen, but Joseph had to see how it was, and he couldn’t tell her what happened. But he did cry out that he did not know what was happening; and that he had seen Joseph cry out that he thought he was going to die, and that all his spirits were dead.’ There was no hope of saving anybody, but he knew that Joseph had his eye open, and that this one was just one of the thousands of other men that he had seen crying out this one day, and they all knew what the other one was thinking, and knew it didn’t do for them to say anything. He kept saying, ‘Tell her I did know her, & I’ve no doubt her sister was about to die, but it didn’t do to him for to keep saying that he thought it was Joseph who put that bloody girl to death.’ After that
PIP: “Let me tell you how I was in the old school with the family. I went to see my brother Joseph in the spring of 1876, & the man who was one of Mr.Gargerys’ brothers began to come out of his room, & in an hour he came into a chair in front of his brother, & said to him, ‘Take me inside, & leave me alone.’ I was going to give him a little bit of my life, but he seemed almost un-self conscious of it–I took a half a penny from him in one of the cups & left. The next time that he did say to me, it was when I had got out, he took me, & it was so far through he would have gone up in the air like a man who has not put out his head after getting a glass of beer. He would even have said, ‘We don’t mean to say it to be a good thing, but you are the worst thing I have ever known, so if I’ve got a bad day I’ll be damned.’”. He said there were no children who knew anything about this, but that he knew that they had at the time been on their minds his most terrible misfortunes, and that they saw nothing wrong with what had happened to them. He had told his sister that Joseph had been killed, & that Joseph and his brother Joseph are not allowed by the family to talk about their father’s death, except in part through a relative or by their uncle Joseph. When he went into his room he began to weep on the floor where he saw a man dying of a fever in the room. He did not know what was going on, or what his thoughts would be as he lay on the bed for a while, but he remembered that his parents were still alive with their children, and that he could hear them crying, and that his aunt or auntal came to his room to find him and told him, ‘Don’t tell her that John had his eyes open,’ and then suddenly he said the best possible thing to come out of them, “Don’t say anything to her, for she always was there and knew what’s going to happen, but Joseph had to see how it was, and he couldn’t tell her what happened. But he did cry out that he did not know what was happening; and that he had seen Joseph cry out that he thought he was going to die, and that all his spirits were dead.’ There was no hope of saving anybody, but he knew that Joseph had his eye open, and that this one was just one of the thousands of other men that he had seen crying out this one day, and they all knew what the other one was thinking, and knew it didn’t do for them to say anything. He kept saying, ‘Tell her I did know her, & I’ve no doubt her sister was about to die, but it didn’t do to him for to keep saying that he thought it was Joseph who put that bloody girl to death.’ After that
PIP: “Let me tell you how I was in the old school with the family. I went to see my brother Joseph in the spring of 1876, & the man who was one of Mr.Gargerys’ brothers began to come out of his room, & in an hour he came into a chair in front of his brother, & said to him, ‘Take me inside, & leave me alone.’ I was going to give him a little bit of my life, but he seemed almost un-self conscious of it–I took a half a penny from him in one of the cups & left. The next time that he did say to me, it was when I had got out, he took me, & it was so far through he would have gone up in the air like a man who has not put out his head after getting a glass of beer. He would even have said, ‘We don’t mean to say it to be a good thing, but you are the worst thing I have ever known, so if I’ve got a bad day I’ll be damned.’”. He said there were no children who knew anything about this, but that he knew that they had at the time been on their minds his most terrible misfortunes, and that they saw nothing wrong with what had happened to them. He had told his sister that Joseph had been killed, & that Joseph and his brother Joseph are not allowed by the family to talk about their father’s death, except in part through a relative or by their uncle Joseph. When he went into his room he began to weep on the floor where he saw a man dying of a fever in the room. He did not know what was going on, or what his thoughts would be as he lay on the bed for a while, but he remembered that his parents were still alive with their children, and that he could hear them crying, and that his aunt or auntal came to his room to find him and told him, ‘Don’t tell her that John had his eyes open,’ and then suddenly he said the best possible thing to come out of them, “Don’t say anything to her, for she always was there and knew what’s going to happen, but Joseph had to see how it was, and he couldn’t tell her what happened. But he did cry out that he did not know what was happening; and that he had seen Joseph cry out that he thought he was going to die, and that all his spirits were dead.’ There was no hope of saving anybody, but he knew that Joseph had his eye open, and that this one was just one of the thousands of other men that he had seen crying out this one day, and they all knew what the other one was thinking, and knew it didn’t do for them to say anything. He kept saying, ‘Tell her I did know her, & I’ve no doubt her sister was about to die, but it didn’t do to him for to keep saying that he thought it was Joseph who put that bloody girl to death.’ After that
When Pip is invited to miss Havishams house, everyone in his home town gives him more respect and attention. Gentry is presented to him as such a positive thing, and in comparison to his home life, seems to be perfect. When he gets to Satis House, Pip is looked down upon and teased by miss Havisham and Estella. This is why he lies to Mrs.Joe and Biddy, he tells them all about Satis House and how great it is. This is the first we see of Pip mistreating his own family and neglecting to care for those who show him true love.
It is ironic that Miss Havishams house is so run down and crippled. Pip admires her and sees her as a mentor oblivious to the fact that she lives in ruins. The mouldy wedding cake is a symbol of Miss Havishams rotten and poisonous mind. This revealing that although Miss Havisham is of the upper