Brothers From Different Mothers

When Pip moves to London, he meets the boy he beat up un his childhood, previously known as "the pale young gentleman."  He and Herbert Pocket become good friends as they live together and expirince their first time on their own together. Pip and Herbert meet members of the other's family, share secrets and ideas and even financially support eachother.  Herbert is an aspiring business man and confides his dreams to Pip.  After living together for a few years,  the two young men are very close and Pip feels the need to help fuel Herbert's wishes.  Pip works with Wemmick to secretly give Herbert the money so he can build his business.  When Herbert receives this money, he is extremely happy and Pip has a hard time not expressing his deep joy to see his friend's dream come true.  They have a special bond that only some outside of an immediate family have.  Pip also says that if he and Herbert weren't so attached to eachother, they would be sick of eachother which means they have a strong connection and respect eachother.  When I Googled "brothers" one of the things that came up were the Super Mario Brothers.  I thought this was a good choice because these brothers have gone through a lot together such as crazy turtles, mushroom men and animated venus fly traps.  They have to have a lot of trust and compassion to go through all of that together which is similar to Pip and Herbert's relationship.

Kids!

I think that Great Expectations is very similar to the book To Kill A Mockingbird.  One of the main similarities is both books are told in the same perspective.  In GE the story is told by Pip as he looks back at his adolescence.  He narrorates his life as he grows up and recalls his feelings and thoughts as he is reliving his expiriences.  In TKAM, Scout is also retelling her life when she is older by remembering her emotions.  A minor similarity is how both Scout and Pip's names are a kind of nickname they had acquired.

Both of these books have the similar theme of growing up.  They both show the main characters' transition from a child to a teenager.  Pip's story continues as the book takes place over many years but TKAM only shows a couple years of Scout's life.  A similar motif of consequence/penitance is shown in these books when Scout and Pip have to deal with their mistakes; Scout's with the children who tease her and Pip with the convict and his guilt. 

The two main children show the common human trait of wanting more then what they have.  Pip has a desire to become a gentleman and be a part of the rich society.  Scout wants everyone in her town to accept her family, especially her father,  but not everyone will like your opinion which is a lesson she needs to learn.

Next

As Pip takes on his Great Expectations, he meets the pale young gentle man again.  Herbert Pocket and Pip become good friends as he takes on the challenge of becoming a gentleman.  This relates to the first stage when Pip first meets his new companion. Pip spends some of his time at Barnard's Inn with Herbert and lives at the Pocket household also.  At Herbert's house, he and Pip relax by boating on the river with some of the other residents of their living spaces, Startop and Drummle.

This corresponds to the "becoming a gentleman" motif.   Pip and Herbert are both taking on their Expectations together which is their biggest challenge growing up.  The contrast between them is Pip doesn't seem to have much direction in his life, so far, and has used his time for recreational purposes and Herbert has a job and his future mapped out in his head.  This growing up motif relates to the first stage of where the two young men meet.  They first come upon eachother at Miss Havisham's one day.  This was the original start of Pip's unsatisfaction with his common life that started his need for advancement and then meets with Herbert again as he is fulfilling his wishes.

Pip et Moi

Pip is refering to his relationship with Miss Havisham and the lies that surround it.  His relationship with Joe also grew and he feels he can trust him more. Pid matured a little.  He learned about trust from Joe and feels better about his lower class.  He also knows more about upper classes and the more privilaged people such as Estella. The chain that started was his friendship with Miss Havisham which leads to him standing up to his sister and Mr. Pumblechook by fabricating a story about his day.  He is learning to protect himself but still hasn't let go of all his fear.  This new maturity is very positive because later in the book, he challenges the "young gentleman" which shows his new confidence.  He changes back to his old ways again though when at the beginning of Chapter 11 he worries about the boy coming after him.

One thing that started the "chain" in my life was the birth of my siblings, Devan and Sara.  Before their birth, my mom had read in her parenting books that if there was an older child, the baby/babies should be away from the mother so the child could go strait to their parent without being jealous.  My mom made sure that the babies were no where near her when I visited that night.  When I walked in, I took one look at my mom and asked "where are my babies?"  This started my love for my siblings.  My parents always said it was good that there were to of them because I would have killed them with love otherwise.  I thought everything came in twos and carried two baby dolls and a briefcase around preschool just like my mom.  They were always refered to as "Baby Devan" and "Baby Sara"  and we have been extremely close.  Having two people around the house so close to my age taught me to respect different people and their opinions, sharing and they challenge me to be a better person by pointing out my flaws.  I have learned to have greater love and how to tolerate them no matter how annoying they can be when I'm trying to do homework.  I wouldn't trade them for anything, they mean the world to me.