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Trace the moral development of Pip and discuss what "Great Expectations" reveals about the true nature of a gentleman. Charles Dickens' novel, Great Expectations is in a sense a mystery story because the reader wants to find out who the benefactor was but perhaps the biggest mystery of all is who is Pip? The story is about moral maturity and the main character, Pip undergoes a constant moral maturing. Pip's original childhood innocence was stripped …

…mfort Magwitch and makes his last days as peaceful as possible. During one visit, Pip notices, 'a smile crossed his face then, and he turned his eyes on me with a trustful look, as if he were confident that I had seen some small redeeming touch in him, even so long ago as when I was a little child'. Pip believes that his visits are cheering Magwitch up and visits him everyday until his death.