“…I felt fearfully sensible of the great convenience that the Hulks were handy for me. I was clearly on my way there. I had begun by asking questions, and I was going to rob Mrs. Joe.”
In the first five or so chapters of Great Expectations, we have been introduced to Pip, the main character. Both of his parents are no longer living, so he lives with his sister, Mrs. Joe and her husband, Joe. While Pip is at his parents' grave, he encounters a runaway convict that threatens to tear his liver and heart out and kill him. The convict will not kill Pip if he comes back with food and a file. Out of fear of being killed and dismembered, Pip steals food and a file from his sister and her husband.
I truly think that Pip is not a bad person, even though he did steal from his sister and her husband. The only reason he stole was because he was feeling cowardly. I agree with him though. In any situation like this, everybody would most likely do the same thing. In addition to this, Pip was scared to tell Joe that he stole the food and file because he did not want to risk his relationship with Joe. In my opinion, if somebody was bad person, they would be scared to tell their loved ones what they did, thinking they might get in trouble, not thinking they might only lose a friend.
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