In this passage, Pip is referring back to the day when he first met Mrs. Havisham and how she impacted his life from then on. Mostly the relationship that the two of them share. I think that the iron and gold, thorns and roses, are a way of saying that whether the situation is good or bad, you are stuck with it without a way of getting out. Confined in a way. In chapter nine, he returns from Mrs. Havisham's and lies to Joe and Mrs. Joe what it is that he did while he was there. He's in a situation where is stuck because he starts feeling guilty about hiding the truth and lying to Joe but he doesn't want to have to share with anybody what it was that he did over there. Meeting Mrs. Havisham introduced Pip more into the life of the high-class. This is the turning point for Pip, and it's a positive one at that. He knows that he doesn't want to be common and mistreated anymore, so he tries and gets a good education from Biddy and learn what it's like to be high-class from Biddy. He's achieving more and realizes that if you want something, you're going to have to work for it.
One thing that started a "chain" in my life was when we moved when I was seven. It's not that we moved far or anything, just from Rochester to Olympia. It impacted me A LOT though. I had lived in that house ever since I was born and the thought of leaving it was just terrifying, but then I was also kind of excited because I got to go and explore my new house and imagine what adventures lie there waiting for me. I was young at the time, but I realized that there was no turning back. I couldn't have influenced the decision about not moving. I was stuck and I was going to have to deal with what was going to happen. On top of all this, it was even the year that I switched schools. Private to public. Having to leave my friends was tough to deal with but looking on the brighter side, I set new goals to make friends!
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