Pip's Forgiveness

Throughout Dickens’ novel Great Expectations, the character, personality, and social beliefs of Pip undergo complete transformations as he interacts with an ever-changing pool of characters presented in the book. Pip’s moral values remain more or less constant at the beginning and the end; however, it is evident that in the time between, the years of his maturation and coming of adulthood, he is fledgling to find his place in society. Although Pip is influenced by many characters throughout the novel, his two most influential role models are: Estella, the object of Miss Havisham’s revenge against men, and Magwitch, the benevolent convict. Exposing himself to such diverse characters Pip has to learn to discern right from wrong and chose

and are touched by the gratitude he shows to Pip later on in the book

The first character to play a big part in shaping Pip’s personality is his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery. His sister’s vicious attitude and harsh punishments force Pip to have an unfriendly childhood. This bringing up “by hand” has caused him to be a “sensitive” boy. The constant threat of being beaten with the Tickler has also instilled the fear of speaking out against adult’s treatment of him because it would send his sister into a “terrible Rage.” However, her brutality has also made Pip able to feel when something was a “keen injustice” because he himself feels so about her actions and words towards himself.

All of this Pip did for his best friend; he took money out of his own pocket and used it to make his friend's life better. The friends cared deeply for each other and loved each other sincerely. Every incident they found themselves in served to deepen their friendship.

Throughout the novel, Pip wants to be a gentleman. It is easy to see, however, that Pip does not understand what a true gentleman is. Pip thinks a gentleman is a man of fine breeding with a good education, wearing fancy clothes, and showing good manners. If anything, Joe (a man of humble breeding with no education, wearing blacksmith's clothes, showing poor manners) is the best example of a gentleman in the whole book! He is a gentleman on the inside - at the heart. He is able to forgive and loves Pip unconditionally. Joe's great love for Pip can be compared to our Heavenly Father's love for us. Both loves are unconditional. No matter how many times we turn away from God, He is there every time to take us back, forgiving us completely.

Throughout the book Pip was not happy with his life and wanted to become something more; his name meant “seed”, like a seed Pip was “planted” and the reader watches him grow. Estella told Pip that he was just a common-labouring boy. (chapter 8) Pip had never thought as himself as common, but now he wanted to become a gentleman so that he would be worthy of Estella. However once Pip becomes a gentleman he realizes that it is not what he thought it would be. Consequently he starts to neglect Joe and Biddy, however in the end, Pip starts to change back to the person he used to be and tries to repair his relationship with Joe and Biddy. In addition he gives his money to Herbert so that he can go to merchant school and Herbert ends up giving Pip a job in the end. This shows that you gain from giving, if Pip would not have gave Herbert the money he would not have gotten the job offer.

This shows that Pip unconsciously understands that wealth does not bring happiness to a person. It can make someone a better person if one chooses to be generous and kind towards others. Pip contributed to a poor person’s happiness. He is not happy with his sister’s behavior and his tasks, but he rejoices after seeing the excitement on the convicts

Throughout Great Expectations, the main character Pip seems to undergo a transformation. He starts off as a common boy who will soon be a blacksmith apprentice and will learn from his sister 's husband, Joe, who also acts as a father figure for Pip. Pip has a lot of respect for money and strongly desires to become a gentleman to impress the girl that he is in love with, Estella. Because of this he travels to London where he learns the way of a gentleman. With the people that Pip knows back home and the new ones that he meets in London, his behavior and attitude is clearly influenced by the people that he surrounds himself with. Sometimes it’s a good influence and other times it’s not. Pip also seems to have a set idea of what a gentleman is and because of that he misinterprets what an actual gentleman is suppose to be like.

Pip shows to be a compassionate boy by sharing his food with the poor hungry convict even though he was bad.

Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens that thoroughly captures the adventures of growing up. The book details the life of a boy through his many stages of life, until he is finally a grown man, wizened by his previous encounters. Dickens’ emotions in this book are very sincere, because he had a similar experience when his family went to debtor’s prison. Pip starts as a young boy, unaware of social class, who then becomes a snob, overcome by the power of money, and finally grows into a mature, hardworking man, knowing that there is much more to life than money.

“Great Expectations”, by Charles Dickens, depicts what life was like for a young boy, Pip, in the 19th century. Pip grew up being innocent and happy with his lifestyle, despite being brought up by hand by his sister and always living in fear. He starts to change the way he views his way of life after he meets, the wealthy, Miss Havisham, and is finally exposed to another way of life and he sees how other people are living compared to him. Estella and Miss. Havisham are the first people he has ever met that are not like him and his family.

A direct example of Pip’s submissiveness can be found in chapter 33 when he escorted Estella to her new home in Richmond. Pip directly displayed submissiveness from the very beginning, as he dropped everything to meet Estella on short notice. Subsequently, Estella demonstrated a lack of respect for Pip throughout their whole encounter. Unfortunately he failed to realize his worth to Estella and choses to be her pawn. Moreover, this is a clear example of Pip directly being submissive to others because he chose to be in this situation. In addition, another instance in which Pip directly displayed submissiveness can be found in chapter 37 during Pip and Wemmick’s conversation concerning Pip becoming Herbert’s benefactor. At the office, Wemmick strongly advises against funding Herbert, drastically changing Pip’s mind. At Walworth, Wemmick had a different opinion on the situation, encouraging Pip to fund Herbert. Pip’s submissiveness is revealed through his inability to forge a decision. Furthermore, throughout Great Expectations, Pip has expressed his submissiveness directly through his

Pip learns that a person’s character is determined by their experiences and whether they choose to overcome them. As a poor child, Pip sees the world as morally straightforward, with clear divisions between right and wrong. As a young gentleman, Pip tries to stick to the clean distinctions between moral and immoral that he had as a child, but he learns that people are complex and possess the potential for both benevolence and malevolence. As a mature adult, Pip comes to understand the other characters as doing both good and evil being shaped as people by circumstances beyond their own control. His experiences throughout the book teach him that he should not forgive others so easily and not himself, that the nature of morality is complex because

It’s true many people believe Pip was never redeemed. They believe that Pip hurt his loved ones too much and did little to apologize. Pip was a snob to his friends and was ashamed of his lower class connections, Joe and Biddy. For example, ¨The triumphal buying of the new clothes, having them delivered to Pumblechook´s rather than to the forge, the tussle with himself over having Joe accompany him to the coach and deciding no...¨ (Text 2). Pip is so proud of himself for being a gentleman, he does not see how much this hurt the people around him. When Pip opens his eyes and sees the damage is done, some argue that it's too late and that he ran away from his troubles. In reality Pip goes to the East only to work with his friend Herbert. He works

effect on Pip through his love. Pip loves Joe for what he is and in