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__What Would David Bowie Say?__

====Changes typically happen for a reason in a person. Personalities change in people usually due to their surroundings and environment and the people they're with. Change is not always a good thing in one's personality, but once one realizes their change is bad, they are usually able to set themselves straight. This is the theme of this essay.====

In the beginning of //Great Expectations,// Pip is just a young, innocent boy who lives with his sister who is married to a blacksmith. Pip was more of an independent young child. Though he did what he was told by his sister, he did things he shouldn't have done without telling his sister, or anyone for that matter. For example, he fed and released a convict**.** In this way, he was a bit rebelious too. As he grew older, he learned from others and just soaked up knowledge. He accepted the fact that he was only in the family of a blacksmith, and figured he would become something close to what his brother-in-law, Joe was. Pip watched others and learned how to read and write until his meeting with Miss Havisham.

Meeting Miss Havisham completely turned Pip's life around**.**" What could I become with these surroundings? How could my charater fail to be influenced by them?" thought Pip, once meeting her. She taught him about succession and helped him with his education. Estella, who lived with Miss Havisham, might have been Pip's reasoning for manning up a bit. She treated him rude and set him in his place for no reason. Being with Estella gave Pip fear, but love as well. Being with Miss Havisham, Pip learned of how to higher his place in society and became good in business. He started to look down upon those who had been in the same state of society as he had been not so long ago. Pip didn't give much respect to Joe much more and rudely turned him away. He began to develop an attitude that not many people liked while he was still home; before he left for London.

Once Pip left his home to got to London, he began to learn good manners and how to become a good business man. He got a successful job and his place in society only became better. Once he got to London though, he realized how badly he had been acting. It came to Pip's mind about how rude he was to one dearest to his heart; Joe." Well! Joe is a dear fellow-in fact, I think he is the dearest fellow that ever lived" said Pip to Biddy. He felt so bad for his actions he made towards him. Pip realized that Joe was the one who had gotten him through hard times in life, and was a best friend to him. He started to turn his actions when he realized how out of hand they had gotten. Joe came to visit Pip which really brought him to his senses. Pip-once wanting to change his ways- visited the ones he loved. He met with Estella and Miss Havisham, which changed his personality again. He was no longer a snob and didn't look down on ones in lower societies, such as his own good friend, Joe who helped him in hard times.

Pip went through some hard times in his life. His personality changed throughout these times. From being an eager-to-learn young, common boy, Pip became a know-it-all type person. But once the people closest to him brought to his attention how bad his attitude had become, he began to change. Pip put more thought into his actions and apologized for the bad ones. Pip's life shows how people's character can change, but they are sometimes able to change back into a better person, as did Pip.This is an example of a dynamic character.