Description of Pip(Philip Pirrip from "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens)

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    Philip Pirrip, called Pip, is the main character in the famous romance "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. Pip is an orphan boy who was raised "by hand" by his sister Mrs Gargery and her husband Mr Joe Gargery.

    As there is no description of himself because he has the role of the protagonist and also as a narrator. I can only say my own opinion about this character. He appeared to me as an imature child because of his behaviour at the beginning of the romance. Also as a very generous person As he helped the prisoner even he was conscious of the consequences.

    Pip appears also as a person with a huge desire to improve his knowledge. So, this is the prove that he knows very well what ignorance and poverty is. After he had met Estella with whom he fell inlove at first sight, the desire of being a gentleman became his biggest dream, wich came truth but without reaching the goal of getting married with Estella.

    When he had the opportunity to become a gentleman, every his action was as a real gentleman was suppoused to act. He was very kind and he learnt all the good manners in a very fast way.

     From my point of view he is also a preson who becomes very affected by opinion of other people. I arrived at this conclusion because when he was a child, his dream was to become a smith. After he met Estelle who told him how ugly his hands were and he started to feel ashamed of this, so he decided to be a gentleman. And when he became a gentleman he felt embared of his origin, being a countryman, even if his main characteristics haven't changed.