Pip receives his expectations indirectly from the convict (Magwitch) through Mr. Jaggers in the form of a fortune. In this way, the convict can ensure that Pip will become a gentleman, or at least be expected to become one.
Pip is often disappointed when his expectations aren't fulfilled. For example, he expects Miss Havisham to give him a lot of money and pledge him to marry Estella, which she doesn't, leaving him...
Pip is a hero in great expectations because at times he puts others before himself. I would call him a romantic hero because he set out to get something for himself but he ended up helping others. In...
Pip is almost two separate people in the course of the book. He begins as a hopeful, ambitious, condescending, and rather selfish boy and matures into mature, honorable young man who is able to 'cut...