Magwitch was an unlucky child whose only option was to live on the streets. He turned to crime to get his necessities. As a child, he knew would only ever become a “warmint”; having no hope for the future (294). He wanted to make sure Pip got a better fate. Although his life looked “as if it pelted” him with adversity, Magwitch still managed to overcome his problems (71). Even though he did manage to get through his failures, he still paid for them as he got older. He never learned from them. Seeing this, Pip knew that he could make mistakes; as long as he fixed them. Having that as a memoir Pip turned his “sore mistakes” into opportunities to reconcile them (355). Pip uses the things he has learned from Magwitch with the people that mattered in his life; including Magwitch. During her recovery, Pip forgave Miss Havisham for the “deeper …show more content…
At first he looked at him as “insolently as if” he were an animal on the street, not willing to give him the chance Magwitch gave him originally (54). The guilt of how he hated Magwitch spread through him like the “poisonous” venom coursing through a snake(316). He felt that he was not pursuing becoming a gentleman; that was what the money was for. The money was not contributing to his lifestyle in any way. He spent all of his money one things that had no value, and received only what “people could make up their minds to give” them (244). Pip had so much trouble managing his money that, consequently, Herbert was dragged into debt because of his extravagant luxuries. They went out to eat at lavish restaurants, and spent their money at high- end stores. The sacrifices Magwitch made for him feel unworthy of his benevolence. Magwitch risked his freedom just to go to England and see him. He gave Pip the chance he never got as a child. Knowing how he despised him upon their first meeting made him feel bad for how he previously misjudged and hated