Great Pip

In the Introduction to my Barnes & Noble Classics version of Great Expectations, writer Radhika Jones talks about the perhaps autobiographical elements present in the novel. These connections in the introduction are useful to a reader who is unfamiliar with Charles Dickens and his writing, like me. I am contemplating this is a topic for my paper. After all, Pip is easily the most likable character in the story. Once we meet Pip, we immediately become friends with and sympathetic for him. His sister’s treatment of both him and Joe draws pity for the two characters. Also, Pip’s childish naiveté is charming he has a way of inadvertently doing and saying things that make him exponentially cuter. As I finish my reading, I hope I am able to continue to see this trait in Pip.