Blog #3 Great Expectations

One expectations changes from childhood to adulthood. We can see these changes occurring during chapter 38 and 39. As Pip and Estella grow older they see a clearer path for there futures. Pip sees himself being a great gentleman and having Estella, which he has had all along but when he finds out the benefactor isn't Ms. Havisham he doesn't know how his future with Estella will work, "Miss Havisham's intentions towards me, all a mere dream; Estella not designed for me; i only suffered in Satis House as a convenience, a sting for the greedy relations, a model with a mechanical heart to practice on when no other practice was at hand; those were the first smarts i had.(pg. 323)" With hearing this news he figures out that all the fantasy's he had with Estella were just merely dreams and nothing else. When the convict tells him this news he isn't grateful at all but more disappointed and ashamed in away. With this news he finally realizes that dreams don't always come true.
Estella has come to some of the same conclusions about expectations as Pip. She has definitely changed through the book, she has grown up. In the beginning she was a rude and proud person and now she has become a more caring and generous person. She realizes that she was never really herself in the beginning and she was just a molding of Ms. Havishams makings. "I am what you have made me. Take all the praise, take all the blame; take all the successes, take all the failure; in short, take me.(pg 304)" Estella basically tells ms. Havisham that she has made her who she is today in whole. Ms. Havisham has taught her everything, including not to love any man, be cold hearted, and rude. She finally sticks up for herself and states, "The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but two together make me.(306)" Estella finally realizes that through all of her hardships with Ms. Havisham she can get passed all of that and love someone. She is sick of being that snobby little girl and she wants to be a polite young women. Her expectations of herself have changed completely.
We have watched Pip and Estella grow up and learn from there mistakes. I believe that Estella and Pip are still drawn to each other and through it might be hard they could still be together. This prediction might be hard to understand but although there relationship might be rocky at times we know from past experiences that they would always be there for each other. What ever Pip and Estella chose to do in the future i feel like they are mature enough to make the best decisions and be happy with them. I know that for a fact.