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Would you say he gets them over time? Or would you say he slowly losses them?

How would you say that he shows that trait like some exampls. Do you think that he changes or develops of the story?

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Pip is a character whose traits are shaped by his changing circumstances. One of Pip's good traits is his ability to care for others. He first shows this trait when he brings the food to the convict,yet is also concerned about stealing from his sister. After Pip visits Miss Havisham's, that sense of caring is gradually strangled by Pip's own ambition and "expectations." He is very cruel to Joe and Biddy but towards the end of the novel, Pip regains this sense of caring. He sets up Herbert in business and later stays with Magwitch until his death. Secondly, Pip is able to learn from his experiences and not be bitter. He faces many obstacles in his long journey of self-discovery, but eventually learns the true value in people comes from their heart, not from their social station or money. Finally, Pip is brave. He shows this bravery at the beginning in the graveyard with Magwitch and towards the end when he risks his life to save his benefactor. He also saves Miss Havisham from the fire and then confronts her to ask her help for the Pockets. He is also finally brave enough to face his own shortcomings and admit he was wrong in his treatment of Joe and also, Biddy.

He is honest...doesn't want to steal the food from his sister's pantry or the file from Joe's blacksmith shop. 

He is loyal...he feels guilt for stealing these items and he also feels guilty for having made Joe feel like a lesser being when Pip has come into his fortune later on in the book.  He also takes a closer look at Biddy when he finally gives up on the idea of Estella, but by this time, Biddy and Joe have become a couple.

One salient trait is Pip's introspective acumen from which the reader learns moral lessons.  His humility in these introspections is also noteworthy.  Often at the end of a chapter, Pip looks inward. Here is one example early in the novel:

The fear of losing Joe's confidence tied up my tongue.  In a word, I was too cowardly to do what i knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.

And another, after he has been to Miss Havisham's for the first time:

That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me.  But it is the same with any life.  Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been.  Pause, you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, or thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.

One of Pip's best traits is his compassion. His compassion is shown in chapter 1 when he looks back to the convict as the convict limp toward the marshes. His compassionate heart allows him to break against his guilt and steal food and wittles for the convict. However, he begins to lose this compassion when Pip meets Estella, where he wants to move into a higher status because he loves Estella. He starts to distance away from Joe, his true friend. When he realizes Magwith is his benefactor, he feels he cannot take his money anymore because a convict's money is tainted. Through this action, he loses his compassion. Near the end of the novel, he realizes how noble Magwitch is, and his once lost compassion returns back. He stands with Magwith on the trial day, and returns to Joe to ask for forgiveness.