Philip Pirrip, as a young, simple and naïve boy, does not know what a gentleman means and the changes it can happen in a man’s life and what it really means in general. As a child, Pip receives almost no formal education because Mr. Wopsle’s great-aunt is useless and Biddy teaches him basic literacy and a few random facts, which makes Pip more illiterate than Joe. Pip wanted to be educated and with that Matthew Pocket and Herbert Pocket, begins to acquire the …show more content…
Pip as a young child longs and dreams of education, wealth and social acceptance and advancement. As he slowly fulfil his dreams he fades and disregards the people who helped him and he was with before which gave him instant karma. After all the success and dreams that came true, Pip again meets his downfall leaving him with no money and in debt and heart broken. Therefore, I say that Dickens made this book to tell his readers that the growth of a person in society has its own pros and cons. It’s up to the person on how to handle such