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Through Pip's relationship with Joe and many other characters in Great Expectations, he learns what true wealth is. In the beginning of the story, Pip is very excited about working with Joe in the Forge. He thinks of it as the road to manhood. After he goes to Satis House, his views change. He begins to focus on money and status. Luckily, later on, although the circumstances are not ideal, he realizes what he has been neglecting and what is really important in life.

When Pip finds out that Magwitch, the first convict he met on the marshes when he was a child, was his benefactor, at first he is angry. He is upset that he has been getting money from a "commoner" and a convict. He is also upset that he is not destine to marry Estella since Miss Havisham is not his benefactor. But, later on, he realizes that he has been neglecting his family. When Magwitch tells Pip that he wanted to give him all of his fortune because Pip had been kind to him on the marshes, Pip realizes how......

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