How Does Pip Change In Great Expectations

Changes That Greatly Effect Pip

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a wonderful story about a young boy

that lives in the marshes in England named Pip, who wishes to become a

blacksmith’s apprentice in the beginning, but then realizes he wants a better

education, so he decides to become a gentleman, and finding that life is difficult, and

has many struggles. Pip meets many different people in this book that really effect

his life, and emotions. You must understand that Pip can be a selfish person, but all

so kind hearted, and loving towards others at times. Pip’s prideful ways blind him of

the generosity of others toward himself; only causing ungratefulness and despair.

He had an anonymous benefactor, who was paying for his education and

providing everything he would need to live in London. It was time for him to leave,

and he was ready:

“I had scant my luggage to take with me to London, for little of little that possessed was adopted to my new station. But, I began packing

want for next morning, in a fiction that there was not a moment lost”

(Dickens 165).

Pip meets lots of new people in London, and greatly enjoys his time there. But, he

changes while he’s there, and acts like a whole new person because he thinks he

knows more than other the people back home. His lifestyle in London was quite

different from where he had lived in the marshes with his sister and brother in-law.

Here he had much more food to eat and could anything he pleased. Pip has gone

back home to see Estella and Miss.Havisham a couple since he has lived in London

and believes that Estella might not be as annoyed with him now that they are both

older. Meeting Pip’s benefactor was a very surprising and fun part in the book.