Phillip Pirrip was given the nickname Pip. Pip has become an orphan, and is living with his sister in England. Pip goes to a cemetary to visit his parent's tombstones, and all of the sudden he is attacked by a man. It turns out this man is an escaped convict. The man beguiles Pip into bringing him food, and to cut off his chains!
From the lecture notes, I learned Pip was separated from his parents at the young age of 15. Which may have been why he wrote about an orphan, having no parents. Dickens can depict Pip the way he felt when he was young. Perhaps he wrote about the escaped convict because his father was in prison.
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