Pip's love for Estella is usually a one-way street, at least in his eyes. From the moment Pip meets her, he feels an attraction towards her. At the same token, Estella's outward feelings towards Pip are confusing and cruel. From slapping him in the face as hard as she can, to making him feel as low as dirt saying he has coarse hands and thick soles and such, Estella is able to crush Pip inside. He feels

Estella is Miss Havisham's mini me of her self, a heartbroken women who has no feelings of love, but only hatred in her heart. She taught Estella that men were bad because of her past, and Estella's emotions and thoughts we buried under Miss Havisham's thoughts. This was so early seen in the beginning when Estella proclaims that Pip is common. At this moment in time, Pip felt bad and Estella knew it, but past that she says more insulting things in front of Miss Havisham for she knows it makes her proud keeping her happy. This was horrible because it kept Estella from ever really loving somebody throughout the whole novel. Statements like, "Well? Can you break his heart?" (Dickens, 60) which are the source for identity crises in this book amongst both Pip and Estella alike. The actions which came from statements by Miss Havisham are what keeps Pip and Estella constantly going through out constant identity changes, thus making it almost near to impossible to love. Pip never would be able to get a true grasp of who she was because she, like him, would change like the direction of wind at any given time.

For a great duration of the novel, Pip is infatuated with Estella. He thinks he is in love, but with no solid reasons as to why. As a reader, it can be perceived that Pip being a young man, is going through changes and is attracted physically to Estella however that can only measure so much of love. This was shown when Biddy told Pip she liked him, but he opted for Estella. Pip experienced new feelings, which he never had experienced, feelings that he doesn't know about. Throughout the book we discover that his false love controls Pip. His infatuation for Estella inspires him to become an educated gentleman. We, like Pip have no idea how long he will feel like he does for Estella. We do know his infatuation is for the wrong reasons. Pip really didn't have anybody or anything to compare his infatuation with, thus it gave him no reason not have one. He never had love before, not the love, leaving him nothing to compare to see if he is really in love.

Pip wants, finds, and deals with love. He knows that Estella is out of the picture. He realizes from her saying I have no heart, at this point in her life, she is incapable of love. He deals with this by wishing her the best and wanting the best for her. He will always love her but

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Approximate Word count = 1595
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)