Over the course of Great Expectations, Pip learns lifelong lessons that result from guiltiness, humiliation, and over-confidence. He evolves from a young boy filled with innocence to a selfish, young man, and finally into a man who has true concern for others. Pip goes through three stages in the novel: shame and guilt, arrogance and self-indulgence; and finally his stage of redemption.
When Pip encounters Estella and Miss Havisham he begins to feel ashamed of himself and the life he lives. He feels ashamed about how he is so common, he regrets that Joe is a mere blacksmith and has no educ…
