Evaluate how the reappearance of the convict in chapter 39 impacts Pip’s aspirations? How does it affect the plot of the story?
In Chapter 39, Pip is now twenty-three and living in a new apartment with Herbert. One night, while Herbert is out of town on business, Pip has a strange visitor. This man tells Pip that he is Able Magwitch, traveling by the name Provis, and that he has come to England to see Pip despite the fact that returning to England could cause him to be arrested and executed. This man is Pip’s convict from that night so long ago and he has made his fortune in New South Wales. This man is Pip’s benefactor. Ashamed and frightened, Pip allows this man to spend the night in Herbert’s room, but he is too afraid to sleep. Pip must reconcile with the fact that expectations and reality seldom match up. He must process and reconcile with his pre-conceived ideas of benefactor and class mobility.
