In Pip's statement to the reader I think he is portraying the beginning of a new life,
that began with one thing that will lead to another. The first link in Pip's chain is
when he visits Miss Havisham for the first time, and finds out how poor and
utterly common he is from Estella. This is also the day that Pip started to realize
how common he was and that he could never be happy again until he became
a gentleman. Before heading off to Miss Havisham's Pip was uncertain and skittish,
he didn’t know that he was poor or un-educated. In fact for most people in his village
he was educated.
When I was in 5th grade I didn’t care what clothes I was wearing as long as they
were green. But the first day of middle school I began to see a change in the people
around me, they began to care about how they looked, if there make up was smeared
and if their hair was frizzy or not. At first I was confused by all the clutter and kids.
Although after awhile I felt as if my clothes were weird and not "cool" enough to fit in
with the "cool" crowd. So the very next day I began to watch and speculate the
different fashions that were sweeping the school around me. By the middle of the year
I was confident enough to try some new things out like jeans. After my first step one
thing lead to another and by the time I finished middle school I was with the flow of
kids in their styles and brand names, although I never liked the brand names so I
stuck with my own style and has changed my life dramatically.
