Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Great Expectations: Who is Wemmick?
Wemmick's character in this novel, compared to the other characters, portrays a very unique personality meant to help make all the people that he meets love him. His strive to fit in is so high that he shows different sides of himself to different people. Jaggers has great expectations for Wemmick and intimidates him greatly; along with Jaggers, Pip is beginning to have high expectations for everything. Now Wemmick feels forced to meet the expectations everyone has for him, hoping to overachieve in pleasing them so that he can receive acceptance in return. Love is important to him, like many people in the world; this idea grasps the most important aspect of Wemmick's life.
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Okay, you managed to put Wemminck into a adifferent light for me! I never really thought of him that way -- trying desperately to please everyone around him. I think that is a very real problem for a lot of people. We have a tendency to want to please people we love, or respect, and in the process sometimes can even lose ourselves. Of course, that is a dangerous proposal. Thanks for the new twist on an old character.
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