Herbert, who serves as a contrasting character to Pip in the Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, also is the one who is accountable for turning Pip into a true gentleman. Herbert, as a character, is the most intimately close friend to Pip. Although Joe Gargery does have a special relation with Pip, Joe's relation with Pip is different from Herbert's relation with Pip in a sense that Joe is a guardian or father figure more than a friend for Pip. During the middle of the novel, the difference between Joe and Herbert's relations with Pip grow even wider, as Pip mistakes to think of Joe…
