GE #3

“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts” (151). Pip is often confronted with moments of solemnity, of which Dickens stresses the importance of letting your true emotions shine through. Prosperity is not often reached if having to continuously conceal your honest feelings. Dickens’ use of metaphor explains how tears are as natural as rain, and cannot be avoided.