I feel when Pip says this, he is thinking back to the first day he was at Miss Havisham's house. its like a long chain of events that has brought him to who he is now. All the good and bad ( thorns or flowers) is all life altering. This day has altered him because he now sees that his life of wanting to be a blacksmith is not what exactly his dream. He wants to be higher up like the pale young gentleman. Pip is now different from the last few chapters because he is not as child like. He has grown up a little and expanded his thinking. He is striving to be older which is positive. I also think he is caring less about school and wanting to teach joe. That is extremely negative. Before I use to love Pip because he reminded me of myself when I was little. As he changes I like him less because he is not happy with what he has. Even though it is not quite the best life, he should still be content because it could be a million times worse. In the last two chapters I don't like how he keeps quiet about his sister being beaten. I think if he wants to be older he should start acting like it.
For me, my life altering day would be my first day of public school in fourth grade. It showed me there is more than what I was learing at my small little Christian school. That kids were not all well behaved children. I make a lot of mistakes and i'm okay with that. Before public school, I would beat myself up if I did on bad little thing or made a silly mistake. It also let me be okay with having divorced parents and how my family was. I now think its better that way because I have gained so many wonderful people because of it. I couldn't think like that the days that happened before my altering day.
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