Great_Expectations

Great Expectations 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. Pip’s transition into snobbery is, I believe, a steady one from the moment that he first meets Miss Havisham and Estella. Even before that Pip started to his fall from innocence when he steals from his sister to feed and free “his” convict. But that was not easy for young Pip as his conscience played on him as he heard the floor boards screaming in vain attempts to alert Mrs. Joe. It is obvious that Pip was not comfortable doing this deed for “his” convict as he thought for a while before taking the pork pie, which was so appreciated by Magwitch. At Satis House it is almost straight away made clear to him from Estella’s language, that she considers him to be inferior. It is here that, he is for the first time introduced to a girl whom he is later to fall madly in love with. pip, pip’s, estella, young, miss, boy, snobbery, havisham, first, time, reader, out, major, innocent, house, great, expectations, consumed, character, change, believe, yet, whom, visits, very, values, society, satis, referred, polite, points, point, place, one, novel, magwitch, love, leads, lead, later, joe, innocence, inferior, incidents, incident, impressionable, girl, faults, false, fall