Reading Assignment 5

The first time Pip walks through London it wasn't near what his great expectations. Pip anticipated the great, famous city-life with many joyous, wealthy people. As the opposite of his prospective, there were many poor people and those who were being prosecuted were facing the law directly in the middle of town. This is Dickens's way of telling the society that the grass isn't always greener on the other side. After a short time of thought, Pip finally realizes that Herbert Pocket was the pale young boy he had controversy with in Miss Havisham's courtyard. When Pip goes to shake hands with Jagger's assistant, Wemmick, this young man doesn't stick his hand out. He tells Pip that he has gotten out of the habit of shaking hands. During work, Wemmick is very strict and precise but at home he is the opposite, a very joyful and relaxed young man.