Pip And Abigail's Relationship

In the beginning of the novel Pip meets an escaped convict. We soon learn his name is Abel Magwitch or Provis, his nickname. Abel asks Pip to bring him a file and wittles, Pip obeyed. After many years pass by Pip starts receiving money through a lawyer named Jaggers. Pip is not able to know who is giving him money until he finds the right time. When Abel comes out and tells Pip he is the one giving Pip money is when Abel becomes seen as a gentlemen. Abel shows how much he cares for Pip when he says “ I lived rough, that you should live smooth; I worked hard that you should be above work. What odds, dear boy! Do I tell it fur you to feel a obligation? Not a bit. I tell it, for you to know as that there hunted dunghill dog wot you kep life in, …show more content…
Even though Pip only helped Abel when he was a kid, Abel decided to devote his life and money to repay Pip. Everything he did was for Pip. This goes to show that no matter what small act you did, such as Pip bringing him what he asked, it may not be such a big deal in the moment but it can mean a lot to a person. We see Abel Magwitch as a gentleman because he is not a selfish person who is asking for anything back from Pip. Magwitch has a good heart by not being greedy, he is just trying to thank Pip for Pip’s actions years prior. Another really big act that Magwitch did that stands out was coming to where Pip was even though he knew if they saw him he would go to jail again. Magwitch had no reason to sacrifice his life for Pip or live his life in Pip’s name. He did it because he has a good heart and he is a gentlemen. The first impression we get of Magwitch, when he approaches Pip, is that he is a big, tough, and scary guy. Dickens describes him as a man in coarse grey, with an iron leg, no hat, and broken …show more content…
He sees a gentlemen as a man born into the upper class or a man who does not have to work but has a high income. He wants to become a “gentleman” because he thinks having money will help him get the girl he’s in life with, Estella. Pip does not understand that being a gentleman is more than having money. Pip states to Biddy that he wants to be a gentlemen. Biddy replies by saying she would not want too if she was him this is when Pip states that he has particular reasons for wanting to be one “I am not at all happy as I am. I am disgusted with my calling and with my life(page 99). I have never taken to either since I was bound. The reason Pip wants to become a gentlemen is for all the wrong reasons. This is because Pip does not have the right understanding of what a gentlemen is. As Pip gets older and goes through life he starts to realize what a true gentlemen is. He realizes it is more than just having money it is about how you treat your friends and family. Biddy and Joe are people who have stuck by Pip’s side his entire life though, Pip always wanted to be associated with the upper class they never gave up on him. When Pip becomes ill is when he realizes that having money does not make you a better person. When Pip wakes up ill the person beside his bed is Joe, not anyone from the upper class cared to help injured Pip. Another event that made Pip change his views on what a gentlemen really is was when he was