The moral evolution of Pip

Change occurs constantly. This can happen unbeknownst to people; yet, at the same time, people can induce changes within themselves. This concept is obviously noticeable with Pip, the main character and narrator of the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. A major theme in Great Expectations is the definition of a true "gentleman." The notion of what a gentleman is metamorphosizes and develops within Pip's mind throughout the story. In time, Pip will eventually become …

…The concepts of change itself and the change in moral development are essential themes not to be overlooked in Great Expectations, A reader with an awareness of these things will realize that he or she too can, in time, change himself or herself. In conclusion, Charles Dickens' Great Expectations chronicles the change in Pip and his moral development into a gentleman from the time he was a boy to the time he was a man.