Joe came to visit me a while ago. I really didn't want him around, and he kept embarrassing me in front of Herbert. Then, several days later, I received information that my sister, Mrs. Joe, had died. I feel so terrible right now; I have not seen her in many years and I regret being rude to Joe. Her funeral was more of a parade than a simple mourning. The whole ceremony seemed like a joke, and nobody took it seriously. To make the situation worse, people in my home town have been treating me differently. Trabb's boy has been making fun of me, and even Biddy thinks of me differently. I still have hopes with Estella even though she does not seem to like me as much as I like her. However, for the first time in a while, I have decided to do something for a friend. I am going to do what I can to help Herbert in finding a job and helping him with the financial situation. I hope I will feel better about myself.
"Words cannot state the amount of aggravation and injury wreaked upon me by Trabb's boy, when, passing abreast of me, he pulled up his shirt collar, twined his side-hair, stuck an arm akimbo, and smirked extravagantly..."
Pip describing Trabb's boy harassing him, page 261
"My thoughts were further distracted by the excessive pride of Mr. and Mrs. Hubble, who were surpassingly conceited and vainglorious in being members of so distinguished a procession."
-Pip explaining the inappropriate attitude behind the funeral, page 298
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