Most people hope for their kids to grow up into young gentlemen and ladies. In
the book Great Expectation by Charles Dickens you can see this at work. Miss
Havisham tries to turn Estella into a lady , and Magwitch tries to turn Pip into
a gentlemen. They both use different methods and motives, but still come out
with the same results. Magwitch tries to turn Pip into a gentleman by giving him
all of the money he wants and desires. Pip ended up with bad money habits and
was in debt. He did become a gentleman though. Miss Havisham turns Estella into
a lady by teaching her what she had learned and sending her to schools. This
made her a lady, but a cruel one. When Magwitch was going to court with one of
his accomplices, he got a longer sentence just because he wasn’t a gentleman
or well dressed . After he met Pip he decided he wanted to make him a gentleman
,so Pip wouldn’t have to go though what Magwitch did.MissHavisham was tricked
by a man and lost a lot of money. After that she was heartbroken for a long time
. Then she turned Estella into a cruel lady ,so she could hurt men. In the end,
Pip and Estella ended up kind of the same They were both miserable. . Pip was
almost put in to jail because of his debts ,and lived in London with Herbert and
his wife. Estella married Drummle and he treated her very badly .After Drummle
died ,she remarried, and had a kid and lived a lonely life. She lost most of
what Miss Havisham had given her. In the end Pip and Estella ended up being
miserable because of the lessons they had been taught as children. This is how
Miss Havisham and Magwitch tried to make Estella and Pip into a gentleman and
lady. They unfortunately they didn’t succeed and Pip and Estella were scarded
for life. Most parents today hope for their kids to become well mannered adults
, but sometimes things go haywire.