Changes in Pip's Character Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens is a charming story of love and fortune. The main character, Pip, is a dynamic character who goes through many changes throughout the book. During this analysis the character, Pip, will be identified and his gradual change throughout the story will be analysed. The main character, Pip, is a kind character. His traits include humility, kindness and loving-kindness. These traits are most likely the cause of his childhood poverty. At the beginning of the story, Pip is a mild-mannered boy carrying on with his humble life. This, however, will change when he meets Magwich, a thief and future benefactor. Pip's kindness goes to help the convict, Magwich, when he gives him food and clothing. Magwich tells Pip that he will never forget his kindness and that he will always and forever remember Pip. This is the beginning of Pip's dynamic change. Over the course of the novel, Great Expectations, Pip's character gradually changes from a kind and humble character to a bitter, then snobbish character and finally evolves into the kind and loving character he was at the beginning of the story. earn more money Pip's uncle sends Pip to the house of a psychotic old lady named Mrs. Havisham. Mrs. Havisham is a mean, evil character who constantly argues with Pip and tells him of his unimportance. Pip continues to be gentle and respectful towards Mrs. Havisham, but he begins to realize that he will never get ahead in life simply by being nice. Mrs. Havisham uses Pip as a sort of guinea pig to vent her passion for revenge against men. He does this by using his daughter Estella to torment Pip. Pip's first and only love is Estella. Estella is very mean and mean to Pip. Although he receives verbal abuse from Estella, he still likes her and won't stop liking her, he sees the good inside her and won't stop until the good comes out. In contrast to the way she treated Pip as a child, when she called him an ordinary lab boy with rough hands and thick boots, she tries to explain to him that emotion is something she is incapable of feeling. This is evidence of his delusion, not his cruelty.