1. Great Expectations
... Estella delivered them. When told to play with Pip by Miss Havisham, Estella retorted with Why, this boy? Why, he is a common labouring boy! (Chapter 8, page 60) Until now Pip was never unhappy with or fully aware of his social status and took the opportunity to look at himself from Estella's ... perspective, I took the opportunity of being alone in the courtyard to look at my coarse hands and my common boots' (Chapter 8, page 62). Pip's clouded thoughts caused him to look upon himself poorly and this experience triggers his dissatisfaction with what he later realises to be ... love. He...
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- Grade Level: High School