Trace the moral development of Pip and discuss what "Great Expectations" reveals about the true nature of a gentleman.

Pip, the young orphan boy from the forge was soon to become a young gentleman of great expectations. With a series of unpredictable events, unforeseen emotions, and a great deal of moral development we learn what it took for this young boy to learn how to be what he had always dreamed of becoming- a true gentleman. Never knowing who his parents were or what his true identity was we learn from the start that …

…learn to gain a true perspective on life and how things are. If you only have a small perspective then your world will crumble around you. Pip does eventually become a gentleman but without a false idea about what one is. It is ironic that his whole life Pip has had a good example of a true gentleman to follow - Joe - yet money and power can corrupt even the more innocent of minds.