3. Great Expectations

"I felt fearfully sensible of the great convenience...I was going to rob Mrs. Joe" (12).

Pip is like everyother human being walking on this Earth. He knows that what he is about to do is wrong, but decides to commit the action anyway. He understands that he is about to steal from his family, but does so anyway. "The Hulk" is referred to as a prison ship, and Pip is frightened but he knows that to secure his safety, he must commit this act so that he does not start any serious trouble. Charles Dickens includes this scenario in his book to illustrate how humanity will do anything to save themselves. The people who one loves the most are usually the ones who get hurt the worst.