How Does Pip Change Throughout The Novel

The Great Changes of Pip In Charles Dickens’ novel, Great Expectations, Dickens’ introduces the life of a young boy named Pip. The novel begins with Pip as an orphan living with his older sister and brother-in-law. He is a naturally happy child, until he begins to recognize the distinct social classes within society. As Pip grows up, he has a desire to make more of himself, oddly enough; one day he receives an invitation that could be the key to a brighter future. So as the novel begins Pip starts as a happy little boy, then as he grows older and receives his Great Expectations he slowly sinks into debt while falling in love with a girl that is not his to love, and finally Pip’s brother-in-law, Joe, pays his debt- despite Pip’s horrible treatment-

Joe will not strike him with a switch. Joe also teaches him everything he knows how to do in the blacksmith shop, so that when Pip grows older he might be able to be a blacksmith too. One day Pip receives an invitation to the Satis House, where he goes to play. When he gets there he meets a beautiful girl named, Estella, though she is beautiful she is mean. She always calls Pip a “common boy”, this is the turn point in which Pip sees that he is in a lower social class and desires to be a gentleman. Pip begins to ask Biddy to tutor him, so he can read and write like the well-educated wealthy gentlemen do. As he grows older, Pip realizes that he is smarter than Joe and that Joe falls in a lower class than him now. This makes Pip be ashamed to be friends with Joe, even though he loves

Jaggers- a man he once met at the Satis House- says that he has “great expectations” and a benefactor- whom he is never to ask about- is going to pay for him to be educated and live in London. Pip is very excited, because he believes that Miss Havisham is his benefactor and wants him to become a gentleman to marry Estella. On his twenty-first birthday, Mr. Jaggers comes to him with £500 and tells him that he will be receiving this same amount of money every year until his benefactor presents themselves. At this point in the novel, Pip is still in love with Estella and he discovers that she is engaged to his archenemy classmate, Drummle. A few years after Pip has been receiving the money and living well, his benefactor finally presents themselves, but it is not Miss Havisham. The benefactor turns out to be a random old convict, Abel Magwitch, whom he fed on the marshes when he was a child. This greatly upsets Pip, for now he knows Miss Wood 3 Havisham truly did not care about his love for Estella, and he has to help Abel Magwitch out of London to safety before the police take him to jail where he will be put to the death sentence. When Herbert returns home from a trip, Pip explains the situation and Herbert proposes that they must get Magwitch out of London as soon as possible. Herbert and Pip decide that they are going to disguise Magwitch, sail down the river, and