Discussion Make Up

Life like Pip

Make up for discussion

Topic I

by Anna Hoffman

I feel as though I can relate Great Expectations to my life in many ways. I can relate myself to Pip the most. Although I do not believe that I would turn my back on my friends and family any time soon, I feel as though Pip and I both live under great expectations. I have an older brother who is a really great athlete and an amazing student. Being my brother’s younger sister everyone expects me to be amazing at sports also, but I feel just mediocre. Just as when Pip was expected to be a gentleman, I am expected to be a good athlete and good at school. We both had come “into great expectations,” and we both try our hardest to be as good as we can (138).

There are other ways I can compare Great Expectations to my life. My cousin for example is like Pip too. My cousin was a very fun and energetic person, and he always had good grades. But just as Pip’s life underwent a major change, so did my cousin. In his first year of high school, my cousin’s parents got divorced and then his mom remarried right away. He doesn’t like the man she married and he was constantly being driven from one house to another. Ever since the divorce, my cousin has changed into a different person. He is still fun at times, but he makes bad decisions just as Pip had started doing. Just as Pip ignored Joe, my cousin began to ignore his parents. But, I hope that in the end my cousin ends up okay just like Pip, and I believe that it will happen.