In the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the protagonist,
Philip Pirip (Pip) is torn between his past and his future. He has the opportunity to excel and become something great, but to do that he must leave behind his sister and brother-in-law. He has to leave behind his apprenticeship to his brother-in-law, Joe, who is a blacksmith, in order to go to London to acquire great property and wealth. His struggle came from his past and his family and the poor background that he came from, versus his new opportunity for greatness.
As for his past, in the beginning of the book Pip is forced to steel a pie from his own house to feed a convict that threatens him. The convict will later come back into his life. But, this was how Pip live
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