Pip, the young orphan boy from the forge was soon to become a young gentleman of great expectations. With a series of unpredictable events, unforeseen emotions, and a great deal of moral development we learn what it took for this young boy to learn how to be what he had always dreamed of becoming- a true gentleman. Never knowing who his parents were or what his true identity was we learn from the start that …showed first 75 words of 2864 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2864 total…learn to gain a true perspective on life and how things are. If you only have a small perspective then your world will crumble around you. Pip does eventually become a gentleman but without a false idea about what one is. It is ironic that his whole life Pip has had a good example of a true gentleman to follow - Joe - yet money and power can corrupt even the more innocent of minds.