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Can someone who read Great Expectations within the last year please proof read my 9th grade Great Expectations Essay and comment/reply with the corrections? Thanks 
In the book Great Expectations, the protagonist Pip goes from small boy to young man. Not only does he grow in physical size, but Pip also matures mentally. Several events in Pip's life progressed his coming of age. He must take on new challenges in his life then will influence his life choices.
Pip's coming of age begins when he is a young boy living with his sister Mrs. Joe and blacksmith brother in law Joe Gargery. After being attacked and blackmailed by an escaped convict, Pip is given the opportunity to meet with a wealthy woman, Miss Havisham. She has him play with a girl his age, where while playing cards, the girl Estella laughs and tells Miss Havisham, "He calls the knaves jacks!" This is the first step in Pip's coming of age. It is here that he realizes the large contrasts between social classes, and that he is in the lower class. It sparks thoughts in Pip of being a gentleman, and aspiring to rising to the upper class. Pip decides that he would rather have a lot of money rather than many friends.
While at Satis House Pip meets a beautiful young girl Estella. Though she is proud and cruel, and never returns any affectionate feelings, nor shows him compassion, Pip is enchanted by her beauty and cannot resist visiting her again. Pip actually begins to form a bond with a girls from school, Biddy. They become very close over the next few years after Miss Havisham dismissed Pip and he became Joe's blacksmith apprentice.
Perhaps one of Pip's greatest time in his coming of age is over a span of few years starting when several years later Mr.Jaggers finds Pip and offers him a chance to learn to be gentleman in London. Pip accepts and moves to London to study and become a proper man. He again takes a leap into his coming of age and takes on new responsibilities. He dines with high-up people and starts to become a true gentleman and Pip moves in with his new friend Herbert Pocket. He now must learn to make his own decisions.
The next jump Pip takes involves money issues. He buys many lavish things including expensive furniture. He goes to Mr.Jaggers to get a loan for furniture money but Jaggers tells Pip that he has spent all of his finances. Luckily Pip's benefactor chipped in "several" pounds and bought out his debt. Pip must budget his spending to keep his debt under control. Managing his money is another stride Pip takes in maturing into a young man.
While in London, Pip receives a letter from home. It tells him his sister that had raised him by hand had died and their would be a funeral in his home town for her. He goes home to find that Biddy no longer loves him like she used to. This hurts him, but the tangles of love are part of coming to age. Pip goes to Satis House to visit Miss Havisham while he is in town, suspecting that she is his benefactor. He learns that Estella is still in France at a girls boarding school learning to become a lady. Miss Havisham tells him that Estella is more beautiful than ever. The death of his sister also signifies that Pip really is on his own. He cannot rely on Mister and Misses Joe to take care and provide for him, Pip must make his own way in the world now.
Pip changed dramatically during the book Great Expectations. He went from preferring money over friends, to giving money his friend Herbert to help him out. Several main events changed his life forever, including meeting Miss Havisham and Abel Magwitch, learning class contrasts, going to London and becoming a proper gentleman, losing his sister, and coming across financial and relationship troubles. These challenges are what initiated and embodied his coming of age. The events prove that Great Expectations by Charles Dickens truly is a coming of age story.
In the book Great Expectations, the protagonist Pip goes from small boy to young man. Not only does he grow in physical size, but Pip also matures mentally. Several events in Pip's life progressed his coming of age. He must take on new challenges in his life then will influence his life choices.
Pip's coming of age begins when he is a young boy living with his sister Mrs. Joe and blacksmith brother in law Joe Gargery. After being attacked and blackmailed by an escaped convict, Pip is given the opportunity to meet with a wealthy woman, Miss Havisham. She has him play with a girl his age, where while playing cards, the girl Estella laughs and tells Miss Havisham, "He calls the knaves jacks!" This is the first step in Pip's coming of age. It is here that he realizes the large contrasts between social classes, and that he is in the lower class. It sparks thoughts in Pip of being a gentleman, and aspiring to rising to the upper class. Pip decides that he would rather have a lot of money rather than many friends.
While at Satis House Pip meets a beautiful young girl Estella. Though she is proud and cruel, and never returns any affectionate feelings, nor shows him compassion, Pip is enchanted by her beauty and cannot resist visiting her again. Pip actually begins to form a bond with a girls from school, Biddy. They become very close over the next few years after Miss Havisham dismissed Pip and he became Joe's blacksmith apprentice.
Perhaps one of Pip's greatest time in his coming of age is over a span of few years starting when several years later Mr.Jaggers finds Pip and offers him a chance to learn to be gentleman in London. Pip accepts and moves to London to study and become a proper man. He again takes a leap into his coming of age and takes on new responsibilities. He dines with high-up people and starts to become a true gentleman and Pip moves in with his new friend Herbert Pocket. He now must learn to make his own decisions.
The next jump Pip takes involves money issues. He buys many lavish things including expensive furniture. He goes to Mr.Jaggers to get a loan for furniture money but Jaggers tells Pip that he has spent all of his finances. Luckily Pip's benefactor chipped in "several" pounds and bought out his debt. Pip must budget his spending to keep his debt under control. Managing his money is another stride Pip takes in maturing into a young man.
While in London, Pip receives a letter from home. It tells him his sister that had raised him by hand had died and their would be a funeral in his home town for her. He goes home to find that Biddy no longer loves him like she used to. This hurts him, but the tangles of love are part of coming to age. Pip goes to Satis House to visit Miss Havisham while he is in town, suspecting that she is his benefactor. He learns that Estella is still in France at a girls boarding school learning to become a lady. Miss Havisham tells him that Estella is more beautiful than ever. The death of his sister also signifies that Pip really is on his own. He cannot rely on Mister and Misses Joe to take care and provide for him, Pip must make his own way in the world now.
Pip changed dramatically during the book Great Expectations. He went from preferring money over friends, to giving money his friend Herbert to help him out. Several main events changed his life forever, including meeting Miss Havisham and Abel Magwitch, learning class contrasts, going to London and becoming a proper gentleman, losing his sister, and coming across financial and relationship troubles. These challenges are what initiated and embodied his coming of age. The events prove that Great Expectations by Charles Dickens truly is a coming of age story.