-Pip has imaginings of what his life could be like, doesn't see what he has to do to get there
-Pip is an orphan, strong sense of being unwanted; conscious of being a victim
-Fatherless, vulnerable
-Looks to Joe as a father figure
-Magwitch: convict; has capacity for wickedness and brutality; represents selfishness and greed; example for Pip of what he could become
-Havisham: (have a sham/fraud) symbolizes horrible decay and what can happen to a dream unfilled, also represents a fairy godmother; left everything untouched in her house since she was left at the alter on her wedding day
-Havisham trains Estella to be a heartbreaker
-Estella is adopted by Havisham
-Magwitch and Havisham remind Pip of what he doesn't want to be and his own insecurities
-Joe Gargery and Jaggers are father figures for Pip, very different personalities; Pip tries to identify with one of them
-Joe: blacksmith, physically strong, lives by feeling, doesn't judge others' appearances, a romantic, not very rich but seems very content
-Jaggers: knows things about people, holds it over people to keep them loyal; lives by the letter of the law; cold, objective; very successful and rich; businessman
-Estella, Molly, Havisham, early Magwitch: all like Jaggers
-Joe adopts Mrs. Joe and her adopted brother
-Jaggers blackmails Havisham
-Wemmick: plays off of Jaggers; clerk; separates work and home personality
-Walworth: believes connections to other people are more important than money
-Magwitch identifies with Pip as an orphan
-Magwitch and Wemmick both share a double life
-Pip's realizations:
1. Ms. Havisham is not his fairy godmother
2. Estella is not for Pip. She is not pure and beautiful, she is being taken care of by a terrible and evil person
3. Magwitch created Pips expectations and thoughts
-Pip was secretly glad when Orlick attacked Mrs. Joe because he saw her as evil
-Joe sees that the moral universe is complicated
-We can see how Pip changes as he begins to see Joe and Jaggers differently
-Pip is still a fantasist, not a realist
-Joe and Jaggers are ready to deal with their consequences. Pip wants the benefits but doesn't want to deal with the costs
-Pip conveys his impurity by all his problems he faces with Estella and so on
-Pip writing his autobiography is a confession for him, reminds himself of his own history so he won't repeat it, paints himself
-Pip and Estella are a middle aged couple who have failed
-Joe marries Biddy and have a child, named him Pip
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