Jerricho Tipo In the book Great Expectations, Charles Dickens creates a main character, Pip, who narrates his life from childhood to adulthood. Pip is mentioned to be an orphan, as his parents had passed away before he even got to know them. Although he never grew up with his biological father, Pip has had fatherly figures in his life – Joe Gargery and Magwitch; each of them having unique, almost opposite, relationships with Pip. With Joe being Pip’s fatherly figure in his childhood and Magwitch replacing Joe in Pip’s adulthood, both are important figures in Pip’s life as they are milestones in the growth and maturation of Pip. The way Joe acts throughout the novel develops his character as a good man, and his concern for Pip makes Joe the fatherly figure for Pip in his earlier years. In the beginning, Joe recounts how he had brought Pip and his sister into his home, saying “‘God bless the poor little child,’ I said to your sister, ‘there’s room for him at the forge!’” which develops his selflessness (55). Pip held Joe with highest regard and mentions how Joe had “always aided and comforted [him] when he could, in some way of his own” (29). Joe doesn’t only offer indirect parenting, such as when he …show more content…
Magwitch’s character is further developed as he recounts his story. An unwanted orphan, and his first memory being one of thievery, Magwitch had gone down the wrong road and was trapped in a life of crime since he was a child (401-402). Magwitch recounts his idea of making a gentleman so that his gentleman may be able to live a higher life than others, a life unlike his, saying “‘Lord strike me dead! … but wot, if I gets liberty and money, I’ll make that boy [Pip] a gentleman!’” (372). His honest intentions had led him to become an honest working man, “I lived rough, that you [Pip] should live smooth; I worked hard, that you [Pip] should be above work”
that he will ever have. This innocence that Joe aspires to be. considered a good thing, which aids Pip’s moral development, but it. can also be considered a hindrance to Pip’s personal growth and his. self-esteem. In a way, much of the story comes across with Joe acting more like a. child with Pip than a father. “I always treated him as a larger species of child, and no more than my equal.”
In the end of the novel, Great Expectations, Pip redefines himself as a dependable honorable character. For example, when Pip is hovering over Provis' deathbed he says, "Dear Magwitch, I must tell you, now at last, You had a child once whom you loved and lost, she lived and found powerful friends.
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The Analysis of Friendship Between Pip and Joe in 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens wrote ‘Great Expectations’ in 1861. It was first published in a magazine called ‘All Year Round’, in serialized form. Every week he would leave the readers wanting to buy the next weeks copy by finishing with a cliff – hanger ending. The story plots the development of Pip, an orphan, from a young boy to adulthood. It begins with his life with his cruel sister and her kind husband Joe, the Blacksmith.
The Relationship Between Pip and Abel Magwitch in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations In this essay, I am to observe the changes in the relationship between
In the novel, Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens the principal character, Pip, undergoes a tremendous change in character. I would like to explore with you the major incidents in Pip’s childhood that contribute to his change from an innocent child to someone consumed by false values and snobbery.
As a bildungsroman, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations presents the growth and development of Philip Pirrip, better known as Pip. Pip is both the main character in the story and the narrator, telling his tale many years after the events take place. Pip goes from being a young boy living in poverty in the marsh country of Kent, to being a gentleman of high status in London. Pip’s growth and maturation in Great Expectations lead him to realize that social status is in no way related to one’s real character.
The main character, Pip, is a gentle character. His traits include humbleness, kindness, and lovingness. These traits are most likely the cause of his childhood poverty. In the beginning of the story, Pip is a mild mannered little boy who goes on with his own humble life. That, though, will change as he meets Magwich, a thief and future benefactor. Pip’s kindness goes out to help the convict, Magwich when he gives food and clothing to him. Magwich tells Pip that he’ll never forget his kindness and will remember Pip always and forever. This is the beginning of Pip’s dynamic change. Throughout the novel, Great Expectations, the character, Pip gradually changes from a kind and humble character to a character that is bitter, then snobbish and finally evolves into the kind and loving character which he was at the beginning of the story.
There are many factors that contribute to what a person’s life is like, and will end up like. Of those many factors, the influence of others, especially between a father and son, is particularly impactful. In the book Great Expectations; Pip had no father but had many fatherly supporters. Some of his most important influences were: Joe Gargery, Abel Magwitch, Mr. Jaggers, and Matthew Pocket. All four of these father figures had a hand in the shaping of Pip’s personality and destiny. They made Pip the kind, bold, educated, and beloved gentleman he turned out to be in the end. Without these characters, Pip’s story would be unrecognizably different. In Charles Dickens’s novel, Great Expectations; Joe, Jaggers, Matthew, and Magwitch played important parts that contributed to Pip’s personal development and life story.
Not only does Pip treat Joe differently, Joe also treats Pip differently because of their differences in social class. He begins to call Pip "sir" which bothered him because "sir" was the title given to people of higher class. Pip felt that they were still good friends and that they should treat each other as equals. Joe soon leaves and explains his early parting, "Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together, as I may say, and one man's a blacksmith, and one's a whitesmith, and one's a goldsmith, and one's a coppersmith. Disciples among such must come.."
Pip, in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, is an idealist. Whenever he envisions something greater than what he already has, he passionately desires to obtain the improvement and better himself. In the Victorian Era, as an underprivileged orphan though, dreams are often easier dreamt than accomplished. Pip however, has an instinctive ambitious drive. His unstoppable willpower, plus the benefit of a benefactor, elevates him from the bottom, to the top of the social, educational, and moral food chain in the Victorian Era.
Although Pip can also be harsh but Joe still treats him with respect and as if he was his father. Joe tells Pip this, “If you can't get to be on common through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked." This also shows that Joe is father figure because of the advice he gives Pip. Overall the character of Joe is portrayed with an attitude and personality of being caring, helpful, a father figure, loveable, and most of all respectful. Because of those qualities Pip sees him as a father figure and many people in the village respect him and trust him because of his integrity.
boy who goes on with his own humble life but this changes as he meets
First, Pip has great expectations Joe. At the beginning of the novel, Pip expects Joe to be a fatherly figure, and protect him from Mrs. Joe and Pip "looking up to Joe in [his] heart" (Dickens 86). Joe and Pip are friends and rely on one another to survive their home life by warning one another when Mrs. Joe "went on the rampage" [173]. However, after Pip receives his benefactor and money, he expects Joe to be a different person than himself. He expects Joe, like himself, overnight, to go from "being co...
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 role models who are worthy of the title.