In part one of this novel a lot of things change, along with Pip’s thoughts of himself. In the beginning of the novel Pip had thought lower of himself. He never thought he would be anything special let alone a gentleman.Pip knew very little people, and the people he did know were blacksmiths, so Pip just assumed that’s what he would do too. Until one day Mr. Pumblechook told Mrs.Joe about Miss. Havisham wanting a boy, After knowing that Mrs. Joe forced Pip to go visit her everyday for months. Pip thought by going to Miss. Havisham’s she would turn him into a gentleman, knowing that Pip started to feel better about himself. After he had found out she only wanted him there to break his heart, Pip was devastated and was right back to feeling the same way he was in the beginning. That was until Mr. Jaggers showed up and told him he was moving to London to become a gentleman. From that point on out Pip had become full of himself, yes it was a good thing for Pip considering the ways he was feeling before but it started to become annoying to everyone else.
A connection I could make with this is with today’s society, many people feel low about themselves for many different reasons. I to used to think the same way about myself, until I realized I didn’t need to compare myself to everyone else. I knew if I tried hard I could become the successful person I wanted to be.