Who Is The Most Pitied Character

Pip, the protagonist, and narrator of Great Expectations is absolutely the most pitied character in the novel. Throughout the entirety of Great Expectations, Pip shows a number of traits that establish who he is to others around him. He can be considered charitable when he deliberately steals his family rations for a stranger. While he acts like an outright jerk when Joe comes to visit Pip in London. Though there are times when Pip gets his readers to admire him at times, Pip acts narcissistic, impulsive, and ungrateful throughout most of his life.
At the time of Pip’s visits to Miss Havisham's, Pip would obese himself over Estella composing his visits to be the sole purpose of seeing her. As Pip falls in love for Estella, he also grows to be narcissistic, concerning himself of how Estella perceived him. One instance occurs when Pip condemns Joe for being a “common” man. As Pip lies in bed after conversing with Joe, he only considered how common Estella would think of Joe: “I thought long after I laid me down, how common Estella would consider Joe, a mere blacksmith…” Despite Joe’s honest advice for Pip, Pip only judges Joe for his social status opposed to Estella, who has a high ranking status.
The result of this visit shows Pip to be very impulsive with his actions towards Joe. Upon Joe’s visit, Pip treats Joe as if he was a bother to him, regarding Pip’s current status: “I felt impatient of him and out of temper with him; in which condition he heaped coals of fire on my head.” When Joe leaves unnoticed after the visit, Pip feels the regret of how condescending he acted: “.. in the first flow of my repentance it was equally clear that I must stay at Joe’s.” In short, Pip shows how impulsive he can act towards Joe with utter disdain soon after regretting his senseless