Pip became discontent with his life in the lower class and began to become frustrated with his life and the people surrounding him, despite the fact that they only mean the best for him. .
Pip becomes more corrupted and more distant from Joe and Biddy as he increasingly believes that the life he lives is inadequate and will not led him to marry Estella. No one around him has received an education and Pip becomes angry with Joe for not having one and thus not having one himself. He wishes that "Joe had been rather more genteelly brought up, and then I should have been so too- (Dickens 74). Ultimately, Pip's desire for advancement in social class leads to isolation. As he takes the wealth of Satis House for granted, more and more Pip blamed Joe and Mrs. Joe for being ignorant. Money then becomes another part of the turmoil within Pip's mind.
The sudden source of money Pip receives from the "unknown benefactor- deeply corrupts Pip. "Initially believing his benefactor to be the wealthy Miss Havisham, Pip becomes a snob, and gradually becomes more and more embarrassed by his past, by this home, and particularly by his loyal and true friend, the humble blacksmith Joe."" (Markley 2) He becomes selfish and worldly as he moves to London and away from his rural life at the forge. In the way that he makes excuses for not keeping in touch with Joe and Biddy, Pip shows his discontent with the lower class and constant desire to associate only with the prestigious. Since Pip was now rich, he successfully fooled himself into believing that he is happy while deep inside; there is a hollow hole within him. He refuses to face reality and tries to live his life in the fake world that he complied. According to Arnold Markley, the reality is that Pip is a lonely person who spends his days alone while his debt amounts. "There was a gay fiction among us that we were constantly enjoying ourselves, and a skeleton truth that we never did- (Dickens 336).