Dickens’ youth and childhood played a major role in his writing and many stories seem to be semi-autobiographical. Charles Dickens was born in 1812, in Portsmouth, England. By the early 1820’s, Charles was living with six siblings and his parents in a four-room house, with not a lot of money. T o try and help, Charles decided to work in a shoe polish factory, where he worked long hours. The job seemed to teach Dickens that due to events in o

The plot of the story starts out on Christmas Eve ,a young Pip, an orphan being raised by his sister and her husband, meets a really scary man in the village churchyard who had just excaped from one of the ships docked at the port. The man, a convict scares Pip into stealing him some food and a file to try and file away his leg shackle. This whole incident is important as it gives Pip,who must steal the goods from his sister's house his first taste of true guilt and also Pip's kindness warms the convict's heart and Pip will be rewarded for it later in the story. The convict does many years later show his real gratitude.

Estella due to her upbringing as Miss Havisham's adopted daughter and her project in cultivated cruelty effects Pips life. Raised by her to be mean and cruel Estella who is very beautiful entrances Pip. Her comments about Pip being common are what fuel Pip to want more out of life and eventually is one of his reasons he develops such a great work ethic. She is mean to Pip for most of his life even though at the end they meet again and she seems to be a nice changed woman. Pip eventually finds out that the convict Magwitch was her father.

While in London Pip learns a lot of things and studies with a tutor while living with his new close friend Herbert. Pip has the idea in his head that the person who gave him the money was Miss Havisham. He takes this as a sign that Miss Havisham wanted him to marry Estella so he intends to try and do so. Pip being a gentleman now lives in England for many years and he is still ashamed of Joe and they grow apart as Joes wife and Pip’s sister dies. During this time Pip starts to like Estella more and more and his crush is now turning into love. The problem is the more Pip cares for her it seems Estella cares less for him. Because of this feeling that Pp gets from her he decides not to tell her of his love for her. Some of the people Pip met in London are Wemmick who works for Jaggers' office and becomes a friend and Bentley Drummle a horrible boy in Pips eyes and the man that starts to try and steal Estella away from Pip. Finally on one late night Pip finds out who the person that gave jhim the money is. It is not Miss Havisham but rather a criminal named Magwitch. Magwitch we find out was actually the convict Pip fed in the churchyard many years ago when Pip was a boy and he's left all his money to Pip in gratitude for that kindness. Critic Stephen Johnson thought the convict left the money to Pip, “because young Pip reminded him of his own child, whom he thinks is dead.” This news upsets Pip as he thought for sure it was Miss Havisham. Pip is ashamed to have gotten all the money from a convict and to make things worse the convict wants to spend alotof time with Pip. Pip decides to spend time with him. Pip and Herbert make a plan where Pip and Magwitch will flee the country by rowing down the river in a small boat and then getting on a steamer. They realize this must be done very carefully and something that makes it tougher is the fact that an old enemy Compeyson is trailing Magwitch .Miss Havisham in her old age and sick state is starting to feel bad for the way she has acted through her whole life but like many things late in life it is to late.

Many people don’t agree but Herbert had a huge influence on Pips life. Pip first met Herbert as a boy at Miss Havisham's where they get into an argument and fight. Later when Pip travels to London he meets Herbert again as he is Pips tutor's son. Herbert is Pip's greatest friend and they develop a strong bong and the only person Pip can talk to when he discovers that he got the inheritance from Magwitch. Herbert and Pip eventually leave London and work together in Cairo. While there Pip works hard and finds happiness through his work. Pip without Herbert would not have had friendship and would have lacked happiness in that element of his life. Joe last but not least has a big role in Pips life. Joe is Pip's sister's hu

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