Great Expectations: Self Conflict
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Througout his novel, Dickens explored the constant struggle Pip
faces as he realizes the dangers of being driven by a desire for wealth and
social status. Pip attempts to achieve greater things for himself while
holding on to important morals and values. Pip always feels a loyalty to
Joe, his "e ....
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.... he will not see himself as worthy,
unless he meets the approval of the cold and haughty miss Estella. This
powers him to accept an offer to become a gentleman, and to be taught in
London, where he starts to stray ever-farther from those who truly love him.
As Pip begins his progression toward being a gentleman, he is
faced with a world that appears frightening, a commercial world of
protocol and etiquette that Pip blindly sees as the answer to the
shortcomings he sees in himself. He meets ....
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