Great Expectations

Why does Pip accept Estella’s cruelty and ridicule—“Why, he is a common labouring-boy!”—without defending himself?

Chapters 8 - 13

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In essence, Pip thinks she is better than he is, he feels that to stick up for himself would be disrespectful and inappropriate, based upon their social standings.

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