【正文】 racter again. He bees mature. Therefore, Magwitch also influences Pip.C. The Influence from JoeJoe is also an important person in Pip life. In his childhood, Joe treats him well and makes friends with him. They always help each other and they understand each other. Because of Joe’s kindness, Pip lives a simple life. They are equal to each other. Pip just wants to work like Joe in future. However, when Pip bees the inheritor, he begins to look down upon Joe. He just indulges in improving his position and living an upperclass life. Even he doesn’t want Joe to meet him. But Joe respects him. He thinks that they are equal in countryside while they are not equal in London. In the end, when Pip is seriously ill, it is Joe who looks after him. He pays off Pip’s debts. He never changes his mind to treat Pip. When Pip bees healthy, Joe leaves London secretly. Because he doesn’t know what happens to Pip, he still thinks that they are different in London. Pip feels that Joe still treats him as before. He is deeply moved by Joe and he changes his mind to be kind to Joe. With the help of Joe, Pip lives a happy life again and returns to reality. He feels gratuitous towards Joe. He decides to live with Joe. Therefore Joe plays an important role in Pip’s character development.IV. Merits and Demerits in Pip’s CharacterEveryone has both merits and demerits. There are mainly two merits in Pip’s character. To begin with, he strongly aspires for his dream. He tries his best to realize his dream. Moreover, he is kind to his friends and benefactor. He gives some money to one of his friends to help him do business. He treats Joe He also gives a hand to his benefactor to escape and looks after him in his last days. On the other hand, Pip also has demerits. He idolizes for money extremely.A. Merits in Pip’s character1. Strong Aspiration for His DreamIn Pip’s childhood, his dream is just to be a blacksmith. After he meets Estella, he feels in love with her and wants to be a rich man to be equal with her. Being a gentleman has bee his great expectation. However, he has strong aspiration. He studies hard to realize his dream. At every period, he has his expectation. At the end of the story, when Pip returns to reality, he expects to live a pure and happy life. He works hard to satisfy his life. He aspires for his dream in his character development. He tries his best to realize his dream.2. Kindness to Friends and BenefactorPip treats his friends well generally. He is kind to them although he hates them temporarily. He always helps Joe to broaden his mind. In fact, when Joe meets him in London, Pip is in a dilemma. On one hand, he does not want to see him. On the other hand, he feels guilty. At last, he makes friends with Joe again.When Pip is young, he helps the prisoner although it is difficult for him to do that. He does what he tells him to do. He is kind to him. When he knows that his benefactor is Magwitch, he tries his best to help him.He overes many difficulties. He insists on seeing Magwitch everyday and gives him fort. Although he fails to help him escape from England and he gets no property at last after Magwitch’s death, he never shakes to help him. Therefore, in fact, he is kind to his benefactor.B. Demerits in Pip’s CharacterPip idolizes for money extremely. Since he meets Estella, he begins to want to be a rich man. He is so idolized for money that he hates his poor and pure life. After he bees the inheritor, he has bees a rich man and looks down upon his brotherinlaw, Joe.“If I could have kept him away by paying money, I certainly would have paid money,” He said to himself. When Joe goes to see him, he does not know where he should put his cap. The cap symbolizes the gap between Pip and Joe.It implies Joe’s honest and Pip’s betray. Pip does not feel happy for his ing. If he doesn’t idolize for money, he can treat him as before.V. ConclusionThe change of Pip’s great expectations shows the process of his maturity. The growth of the young Pip is a painful transformation. He changes from an innocent child into a selfish gentleman then back to the original place. The change of Pip’s mind has just reflected the situation of that time. The disillusionment of Pip symbolized the falseness of the civilization of Britain. His whole life is the clue of the Without great expectations, Pip gets life experience. No matter how hard life it is and no matter what humiliation he endures, his benevolence revives. Charles Dickens writes this novel to reflect the life experience of a whole generation and express his sympathy to the oppressed and his critics to the oppressor. This novel deeply reveals the social reality in the 19th century.At the same time, the writer reveals that under no circumstance, selfvalue is more important than money and ethics. The author tells us the importance of praising the morality.