Blog #3 Chapters 38-39

Estella and Pip finally get out of bed after hitting the sleep button many times. They wake up groggy and do not want to go to the metaphorically school in their lives. Pip finally realizes that Estella is just leading him on. When Pip says that he loves her, and she does not return the feeling. Estella realizes that she is being used as a puppet by the master puppeteer Ms. Havisham. I think Pip will just move on ever so slowly but will try even harder in the coming chapters to try to get Estella back to love him. Estella, I think, will move out of Satis House and try to live with Jaggers. I think that Ms. Havisham will die of depression because she will have nobody to love, and she has the inevitable memory of her husband-to be leaving her on her wedding day. Estella and Pip will move farther apart than ever because they do not have a person in common to go to.

Estella

By having beautiful aspects, Estella thinks that the sun rises and sets around her. In the Latin language, Estella means "star." When Pip first arrives at the Satis House, he sees Estella as an older woman who is, "beautiful and self-possessed" (56). In Pip's eyes, Estella is a shining star that is the brightest in the sky. Using her beauty, Estella can manipulate and mesmerize people to do what ever she wants. She can insult people and make them feel lower than her because she is such a manipulative person. Dickens uses the word "queen" to describe Estella, this is a fitting description because the name Estella derives from star. A queen is highly revered by her people, so does a star in the sky. A star in the sky is one of the most majestic objects in the world. By having a name such as Estella, she must have beauty. Dickens chose the perfect description to go with the name Estella because of her beauty and self-possession.

Mrs. Joe analysis

From reading this quote about Mrs. Joe, I think that she is very abusive and controlling towards Joe and Pip. When Pip comes home from the cemetery, Mrs. Joe asks where he was. When Pip does not answer right away, she takes out the tickler and threatens Pip with hostility and harassment. I think that now Pip feels compelled to steal the bread, brandy, and butter from her. Now Pip has his hands tied because I think he will be beaten if he does not tell Mrs. Joe what he did. And if he does tell her, then she will beat him even harder. In my opinion, Mrs. Joe uses hostility because she is desperate to find some money and some happiness. Pip knows that if he intervenes in the quarrel that is described in the quote, he will be beaten. Also judging by the quote, she is quite saddened by the death of her and Pip's family. People may disagree with me, but this is what i felt after i read this quote.

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