Great Expectations
There are two people that influence Pip, in the book Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens, they are Joe and Ms. Havisham. Pip is a young boy who lives with his sister and her husband Joe, who is a blacksmith. Pips life is thrown upside down when he visits Ms. Havisham, a rich woman with a obnoxious daughter named Estella. Pip sees the uncommon life and starts second-guessing his own common self. Then a lawer from London wants Pip to come to London and learn how to be a gentlemen, at some anonymous persons expense. Pip is astounded because this is his chance to become uncommon, and the wealth that comes with it. Joe is the biggest influence on Pips life, Pip and Joe are best friends. Joe loves Pip so much to the fact that he “wishes that only he got put out , Pip; I wish there weren’t no tickler for you old chap.” (49).