One of Charles Dickens’ most appealing books is Great Expectations which is the story of Pip. Pip was a boy who was left as an orphan at a young age. One day, he happened up on a convict who was escaping from prison. Pip had the opportunity to blow the man’s chance at escape, but he didn’t. This fact seemed to be a mere footnote in the story as the book began. The story is quite long which allows many readers to forget about this point just as Pip had forgotten through his journeys. When Pip was at the age of attending college, he received a surprise at his door step one day.

He appearantly had a secret benefactor. The secret individual had provided Pip with a large lump of money to aid him in his efforts to become a successful man. Pip does so with the aid of this unmentioned individual. No one including pip knows who this man is through the entire story. The plot is given mass by providing stories about eccentric old women, a beutiful young girl, and Pip’s travels. All of the subplots and winding stories are only but distractions for the real truth of the story. The secret benefactor was revealed in the end of the story. He was the convict that Pip had help to escape from prison. Through all the years, he had not forgotten Pip’s kindness, and he had repaid by providing Pip with all the tools and financial backing needed to succeed in life. Shortly after revealing his identity to Pip, the convict is killed, and no one but Pip is informed of his identity. He passes from life with the only good thing that he had done being a secret to all but one person.