er to provide for his long-time friend and confidant, Herbert Pocket. The fact that he shows compassion for his friends is the evidence that proves Pip has learned from his mistakes.Dickens felt very strongly about the idea that wealth and position could corrupt a persons life. He also knew that a proper education was the key to success. Dickens wasnt only concerned with a formal education, he was also concerned with being educated about the self. Dickens life experiences helped him see many different aspects of people and society. He used these points of view to create a novel that would provide the reader with answers to the same moral lessons he was trying to learn in his lifetime. Dickens used his hand and quill pen to show the reader that great expectations can be achieved if you are willing to change and to continually seek out self knowledge....
