Great Expectations Assignment 1

Pip is an innocent boy and regrets his actions. On Pip's way home from visiting his parents' graves, he ran into a man. But he was not just an average man, he was a convict. The convict told Pip to bring him food and a file or else another man will rip out his heart and liver. Both of these, Pip needed to steal from home. Once home, Pip asks Mrs. Joe and Joe general questions regarding what he experienced earlier. Mrs. Joe tells him that all convicts begin by asking questions. This causes Pip to question his future, "…I felt fearfully sensible of the great convenience that the Hulks were handy for me. I was clearly on my way there. I had begun by asking questions, and I was going to rob Mrs. Joe." Pip is greatly influenced by those around him because he trusts others and will follow their words. Just like how he believed Mrs. Joe's statement that all convicts start by asking questions and how he followed the convicts orders to rob Mrs. Joe. Because of this, Pip is just a naive, innocent boy that will be taken adantage by anyone who feels superior to him. Often times, Pip regrets the actions he does that are influenced by those around him. In the quote, Pip talks about fearing his future of what asking questions and robbing from Mrs. Joe will lead to. He starts to see himself as a convict, just like the one that took advantage of him, because Mrs. Joe manipulates him into thinking he is on his way to becoming one by telling him all convicts start by asking questions. And because he fears the outcome of these events, he regrets what he has and is going to do. He hopes that the actions will not change his future or change him as a person.

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