Great Expectations pages 176-235

In these pages that we have read in Great Expectations at the beginning Pip travels home hoping to see Estella and apologize to Joe. I think this is greatly needed because of how rude he treated Joe before he left for London. While Pip was on his coach ride home he noticed that he was with the two convicts that were at the pub while he was there too. I myself thought that something would happen between Pip and the convicts, but to my surprise the covicts didn't even notice Pip. Pip then got off at the nearest stop which was still inside city limits. When Pip goes over to the Satis house he realizes that Estella has turned into a fine young lady and that he is starting to love her even more now. The one thing that I find odd though is that Miss Havisham is telliing Pip to keep on loving her, and I think that Pip shouldn't have to be told who to love.

The next Day Orlick is fired from Miss Havisham's place. it all happened after Pip told Jaggers about his past life. Later Pip reutrns to london and isn't in all that good of a mood. The next day Herbert confesses to Pip that he is in love with a woman, but he is too poor to marry her. I myself think that is sad for the reason that you love someone enough to marry them, but you can't becasue you are too poor.

A while later in this reading Estella sends Pip a note that says to meet her at the nearest train station in London. This made me wonder if there was going to be something that happened, something that would change the momentum of the book. After they met Pip thought were on the road to becoming married.

Pip later on finds out that his sister Mrs. Joe is dead. Pip then travels home to attend the funeral. And he is also very upset about the death of his sister. Pip is trying to fix his relationship problems with Biddy, and also says he will come home more often to visit. I wonder to myself if he actually will stick with what he says.

At the end of our reading we learn that Pip has his twenty-first birthday. I had no idea that Pip was this old. Pip is certain the he was sent to London by Miss Havisham. Maybe it is so, but if it is I think that the reasoning for it is so that Estella and Pip can get married. I guess I'll find out later on in my readings.