Most Memorable Moment -Nadyah Hussein

In my section, which the last third of the novel, is when Pip finally finds his benefactor. When he comes to the realization that he had received the money from Abel Magwitch, he is taken aback because he had always believed that Miss Havisham had given him the money, as she had lead him to believe that. This moment is memorable because out of all the people suspected, the escaped convict was the last person he had expected to get the money from. Shortly after he turned 23, he trips over a man, and realizes that the man is the convict he met so long ago. The man gives his name as Abel Magwitch.

Later, he finds out that this was the very man that gave him the opportunity to become a gentleman to impress Estella .He is extremely grateful for this stranger's actions that changed his life. Abel states “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.”  This is a very important line to Pip because he had not really had any true father figure in his life, and this man was the first to care for him in this way. In these moments, Pip finds out about his life and a lot of the questions that he has often wondered about were answered.

He feels ashamed for looking down upon the convict, and fearing him when they first met, almost fifteen years ago.Horrified, Pip learns the truth about what happened to Abel:he went to Australia, where he worked in sheep ranching and earned a lot of money. Moved by Pip’s kindness to him on the marsh, he arranged to use his wealth to make Pip a gentleman.  He realizes the convict was his benefactor  and not Miss Havisham, .At this point of the novel, Pip knows that he is not meant to marry Estella at all.

All in all, this scene is very memorable and significant to me because Pip realizes many things that he should have seen apparent long ago, such as knowing that him and Estella were not meant to be. It is the turning point in the novel, which is comparable to the turning point many of us have at a certain point in our lives, we learn from them and change for the better .