check out our: "I wonder he didn't marry her and get all the
property," said I. (2.22.59) Here, we see the differentiation
between wealth and class. Pip can’t understand why Compeyson
would walk away from the opportunity of owning land and of being
married to a popular and title lady. He can’t understand why
Compeyson wouldn’t want the comforts and privileges that come
with being accepted by society. Money can buy freedom and
comfort, but it cannot buy acceptance. He had grand ideas of the
wealth and importance of Insurers of Ships in the City, and I
began to think with awe, of having laid a young Insurer on his
back, blackened his enterprising eye, and cut his responsible
head open. But, again, there came upon me, for my relief that
odd impression that Herbert Pocket would never be very
successful or rich. (2.22.72) It’s one thing to know that
someone is bound for success, but it is quite another to feel
like he/she is bound for the opposite direction. Pip again seems
all too concerned with the lack of thing