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Great Expectations Friendship Quotes Page 3
Citations follow this format: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
"Look'ee here, Pip. I'm your second father. You're my son – more to me nor any son. I've put away money, only for you to spend." (2.39.67)
Magwitch adopts Pip, trusts Pip, and develops a love for Pip after only knowing him for a few fleeting moments. In this light, we see how a friendship doesn’t always take a long time to flourish and that it can be struck instantaneously. That being said, when Magwitch says these words, Pip doesn’t necessarily requite the sentiment. Pip seems to have a hard time trusting people or valuing relationships with anyone other than Estella, Miss Havisham, and Herbert. He doesn’t appear to value those friendships that do not support his own dreams.
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Herbert received me with open arms, and I had never felt before, so blessedly, what it is to have a friend. (2.41.6)
Herbert is like a friend oasis amid the chaos and sorrow of Pip’s life. Herbert is always there for Pip and never questions his character.
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- Pip
"And what's the best of all," he said, "you've been more comfortable alonger me, since I was under a dark cloud, than when the sun shone. That's best of all." (3.56.21)
Pip finally learns what it means to be a friend, to think of someone other than himself.
