Great Expectations: PIP'S PERSONALITY CHANGE         Most people would assume that through age and maturation, a boy with a wonderful heart and personality would further develop into a kind hearted, considerate gentleman. In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens provides his readers with an example of a boy who regresses in certain aspects of his personality rather than progressing as one would expect. Pip, a person who had loved and revered his uncle Joe as a child, while …showed first 75 words of 601 total…

…showed last 75 words of 601 total…that he was ashamed of his poor family caused his relationship with Joe and Biddy to forever change. When Pip finally realized that status and wealth were unimportant, it was too late. He had already damaged his relationship with the two people who were most important to him, Joe and Biddy. This simply shows that every person should be proud of his/her background and should never try to be something he/she is not.