Love can change everything. It is an extremely powerful force that can cause someone to drop everything and never forget. It can cause someone to change so drastically that they do not even remember their previous self. Great Expectations, written by Charles Dickens, presents a young boy name Pip, who comes into a vast fortune. That fortune comes from Abil Magewitch, a convict that he helped in the marshes. His life is completly turned upside down on his journey to become a gentleman and get Estella, a beautiful but stonehardned girl to fall in love with him. Pip and Biddy are perfect examples of the power of love. In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens uses Pip and Biddy to present the theme of the power of love. Both of the dynamic and evolutionary characters show how love is a powerful through their actions, words, and what others think about them.
Biddy’s love for Pip compels here to completely change and is remarkably powerful with her. A perfect example of this occurs on page 131, where Pip shares his feelings on how Biddy has changed. “ Imperceptibly I became conscious of a change in Biddy, however. Her shoes came up at the heel, her hair grew bright and neat, her hands were always clean.” This thought of Pip demonstrates how Biddy is beginning to change for the better. Throughout Pip’s first great expectations, Biddy grows to be in love with Pip. In turn, Biddy starts to change, which is particularly apparent in Biddy’s actions as well as Pip’s thoughts of her. In