Great Expectations Chapter 11 Essay

In these chapters, we learn about the broad term of what it means to be in different social classes. Chapter 11 caught me off guard by introducing us to Mrs. Havisham’s relatives and want they were after. Sarah Pocket, Camilla, Georgiana, and Raymond’s aim was to become close to Mrs. Havisham in order to get her money at her funeral. Upon knowing this, Mrs. Havisham treats them poorly and gives them a cold shoulder. I mean, I would do the same thing if anyone came up to me and said, “Hey I’m just going to get close to you so that I can have your money when you die”, and what’s worse is that this is Mrs. Havisham’s family! They are literally just waiting for her to die. It’s ironic since this is the high class that Pip wishes to go into. Mrs. Havisham’s family has no sense of warmth or love. On the other hand, Pip’s family has the opposite. They have love, kindness and a sense of trust. Going back to what I said last report, I think the authors purpose for doing this is in order to tell us that not everything is how we think they are. We would usually think that rich people have nothing to …show more content…
Pip is met by Mr. Jaggers, a lawyer in London, and has come for Pip since he has “Great Expectations” (finally I know why the title is Great Expectations!!). The word goes around saying Pip will now be a gentlemen and be wealthy. Here we see the difference between the social classes again. People in town treats Pip differently since he is wealthy now. Even the people who ignored him noticed him and treated him like a king. This just tells us the influence money has in our lives. People think money can get them anything when in reality, it can’t get you the most important things in your lives such as love, friends, time, etc. Money also influence Pip as well. He begins to get cocky and full of himself, looks at his family with a feeling that he doesn’t belong there anymore, and that his is way better than