Oliver Twist is not the only famous orphan that Dickens created. Philip Pirrip, also known as Pip was another orphan kid that Dickens brought to life. Pip appears in Great Expectations; it is a coming of age novel.
Pip narrates his story many years after the events of the novel take place. He grows up in the marshlands of Kent, where he lives with his disagreeable sister and her sweet-natured husband, the blacksmith Joe Gargery. Pip is immature, kind and ambitious at the same time. He grows to be a gentleman towards the end of the novel.
Dickens throws light upon the societal conditions of the time along with Pip’s growth from childhood to adulthood. He also exposes the financial, moral and emotional states of Pip. In fact, Pip is one of the most popular characters in the whole of English literature.
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