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Pip is important to the plot because he is the main character, and the whole book is written around him and his "great expectations."
“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.”
Mrs. Joe is important to the plot because she helps raise Pip, introduces him to Havisham, and becomes an emotional event for Pip, Joe, and others when she passes away.
"People are put in the Hulks because they murder, and because they rob, and forge, and do all sorts of bad; and they always begin by asking questions. Now you get along to bed!"
Joe is important to the plot because he helps raise Pip, cares and helps him on whatever he is doing, and serves as the fatherly figure and somewhat as a motivation to become a gentleman.
“There’s one thing you may be sure of, Pip... namely, that lies is lies. Howsever they come, they didn’t ought to come, and they come from the father of lies, and work round to the same. Don’t you tell no more of them, Pip. That ain’t the way to get out of being common, old chap.”
Biddy is important to the plot because she takes care of the Gargery's after the attack on Mrs. Joe, and also teaches Pip and Joe how to read and write.
"Oh, there are many kinds of pride... Pride is not all of one kind…[Joe] may be too proud to let any one take him out of a place that he is competent to fill, and fills well and with respect."
Herbert Pocket is important to the plot because he serves as a good friend to Pip along with a person to check ins with (like managing money, doing the right thing, etc.)
"No man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner... no varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself."
Matthew Pocket is important to the plot because he educates Pip and tries to tell Miss Havisham that Compeyson was a bad person.
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Miss Havisham is important to the plot because she raised Estella to the way she is, acted as a driver for Pip to become a gentleman, and provided Pip with useful people for acclomplishing his expectations.
“I’ll tell you... what real love is. It is blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your whole heart and soul to the smiter—as I did!”
Wemmick is important to the plot because he helps Pip in becoming a gentleman and assists him in Magwitch's escape.
“Choose your bridge, Mr. Pip... and take a walk upon your bridge, and pitch your money into the Thames over the centre arch of your bridge, and you know the end of it. Serve a friend with it, and you may know the end of it too—but it’s a less pleasant and profitable end.”
Jaggers is important to the plot because he becomes Pip's guardian and helps Pip in becoming a gentleman.
“Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.”
Molly is important to the plot because she was discovered to be the mother of Estella.
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Estella is important to the plot because she drives Pip into becoming a gentleman and chasing wealth.
“But you said to me... ’God bless you, God forgive you!’ And if you could say that to me then, you will not hesitate to say that to me now—now, when suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.”
Magwitch is important to the plot because he is the benefactor to Pip and the whole reason he was able to be a gentleman. He was also discovered to be the father to Estella.
“And then, dear boy, it was a recompense to me, look’ee here, to know in secret that I was making a gentleman... I says to myself, ‘I’m making a better gentleman nor ever you’ll be! … If I ain’t a gentleman, nor ain’t got no learning, I’m the owner of such. All on you owns stock and land; which on you owns a brought-up London gentleman?’”
Compeyson is important to the plot because it forces Magwitch into a rivalry and the reason he went to prison, became a herder, and provided Pip with money. He is also the reason Miss Havisham is the way she is.
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