Character Analysis- Pip

Pip, Phillip Pirrip, is the main character of the classic book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. "Pip" is well chosen based on what he feels, does, and thinks. Pip is defined as "a small seed of a fruit". If this was Dicken's use of the word, then he could have meant that Pip starts out small and is raised covered up to stay protected. In this novel, Joe looks out for Pip. He keeps Pip's best interest in mind at all times. Joe always lets Pip know when Mrs. Joe was angry and intended on beating him with the tickler. Due to Joe's compassion, someday Pip will blossom into someone with a beautiful personality, lifestyle, and may even protect someone of his own. A second feasible thought of defining pip is "a young bird breaking out of a shell". Feasibly thinking that this may have been Dickens's interpretation, Pip may be shy and unknown now, but in the future he'll grow and succeed, making an enormous difference. Yet another practical explanation of Dickens's thoughts used to name the main character could've been "small, tiny, puny". If so, this could mean that Pip is only a small personality and has no stong being in the world. I believe that Pip will build character and grow into achievement of successful being.