In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Philip Pip Pirrup changes greatly throughout the novel. In the beginning he is very innocent and youthful, and his only concern is winning over Estellas heart. To do this, Pip decides he must become well-educated and have greater expectations for himself. He becomes a person of high-class in London and sets a new ideal to his life choices. One prominent life choice that he set new standards for was who he chose for friends and who he did away with. However when Pip becomes higher class, a gap builds between him and his familys standards. Pip begins to stray from his friend Joe, who is one of the kindest people who has ever come into his life. Even though in one chapter of his life Pip forgets to make time for the ones dear to him, Pip becomes a responsible and educated young man throughout Great Expectations by learning to repair broken relationships and achieving success in life by using money out of his own pocket. After Pip becomes well-educated and thinks very highly of himself, he begins to not make time for family and furthermore feels embarrassed by his family. One person in particular that Pip feels embarrassed by is Joe. Biddy, Pips good-natured friend from school, sends a letter to Pip telling him that Joe is coming to London, and Joe would like to meet up with Pip while he is in town. Pip, not having seen Joe for some time for reasons of his own, expresses how he is not looking forward to the reunion. Let me confess exactly with what feeling I looked forward to Joes coming. Not with pleasure, though I was bound to him by so many ties; no; with considerable disturbance, some mortification, and a keen sense of incongruity. If I had could have kept him away by paying money, I certainly would have paid money (217). Pip has very strong feelings against Joe at this point in the story because Pip thinks very highly of himself, and he does not want his posh friends to know about his family background. Pip speaks further of his new friendship standards in a meeting with Estella in the garden of the Satis House. However, later in the novel, Pip has a change of heart and has an urge to