Decisions And Choices In Great Expectations By Charles Dickens

In the classic novel, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the protagonist, Pip, starts out his life living in poverty with his sister and brother-in-law. Pip aspires to be a gentleman and, in pursuit of this lofty goal, he seeks education in order to rise above his life as a blacksmith’s apprentice. Later, he learns he has been chosen to receive a great gift of wealth from an anonymous benefactor and will be educated by a wealthy family in London, England. On his journey to becoming a gentleman, Pip makes many decisions and choices that affect the people in his life, both at home and in the city of London. Some of these decisions have negative impacts on the people Pip holds dear to himself.

So, is Pip noble, or merely just a pawn in someone