Chapter 14 to the end of the first section

I recently finished reading this section and I realized something. Pip is getting really stuck up! Just because he came into some money doesn't mean that he has to act completely condescending to Biddy and Joe. I hope that sort of behavior doesn't continue. I was really starting to relate to Pip. I also am wondering whether this means that Joe and Biddy will no longer be a part of the story. I doubt Dickens would go the whole first section of the book and never mention them again, but I don't know how he would tie them back into the story. Why would Biddy or Joe have any reason to go to London? It's a shame to because Joe was my favorite character. He seemed to so nice to Pip and how does Pip repay him? By being a snotty, stuck-up, disrespectful child who doesn't appreciate the good friends he has in Biddy and Joe.

Chapter 12: revisited

My favorite chapter so far is probably chapter 12. It seems somewhat out of place, but that is what I like about it. Pip meets this young man about his age who comes up to him and challanges him to a fight. Pip really doesn't know what to say, but the boy persists, so Pip fights him.Right now I'm thinking,"Pip is gonna get killed,". Suprisingly Pip soundly defeats the boy, who is far more muscular and taller. Estella must have seen the fight because she tells Pip to kiss her at the end of the chapter. I guess I liked this because I am a dreamer. I love comic books and superheroes. Against all odds Pip defeats the enemy and, in the end, gets the girl. This chapter seemed very uplifting and sometimes I just need to see that in a fairly morbid story.

Miss Havisham is weird

I finished chapter 13 and I gotta say this book isn't as horrible as I heard that it would be. The beginning was slow and that convict was really creepy. However, for a convict, he seems to be a relatively nice guy. At first he seemed really mean when he threatened to cut out Pip's heart and liver. However, he took the blame for the goods he forced Pip to steal when he was captured. The most disturbing thing I've read so far is about Miss Havisham. It seems to me that something terrible happened at the time when all of her clocks stopped. Based on what she is wearing and the placement of various objects, I think that she was preparing for her wedding, when she was given devastating news, probably that her spouse to be died. She stopped in mid-dress, and she didn't continue on with her life and sat near lifelessly. I'm conflicted between feelings of pity, awe, and a little bit of disgust.