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I think Charles Dickens believed that whatever social class you were born into is what you belonged in. I only have a few reasons to think that, and that is the two main characters from //Great Expectations//; Estella and Pip.

In my opinion, he shows this through Estella because where she started in life is about where she ended. From what I understood from the book, Estella’s parents were not the best of parents or people. Mrs. Havisham adopted Estella and she turns into the person Miss Havisham wants her to be, but towards the end, that changes. After she gets married, everything goes down hill. By the end, she ends up with nothing except land. I’m not saying that she won’t make something out of her life someday, but where we were left off, she was basically right back where she started.

Dickens basically shows it the same way through Pip. Pip had a rough start and was very poor. He hopes to become a gentleman and miraculously does. He spends money when he shouldn’t be and takes advantage out of the benefactor; his benefactor ends up passing away and he goes right back to where he was. In my opinion, Pip is worthless. He hasn’t ever really done anything for himself. He always plans on doing it, and doesn’t; other people do it for him. When his benefactor dies and he’s in debt, does he work his way out of debt? Nope! Joe does. Pip started with little money and by the end of the book, he was poor and useless.

I think Charles Dickens had a strong opinion about people because he worked to be who he was. I think that he believes whatever class you’re born into is what they are unless you actually work for something, unlike Estella and Pip.