In Dickens’ Great Expectations by what composer’s name does his friend, Herbert Pocket, call Pip?
Great Expectations to it is "that you always bear the name of Pip." In Chapter 22, when Pip establishes his friendship with Herbert Pocket, he attempts to introduce himself as Philip. Herbert immediately rejects the name ("'I don't take to Philip,' said he, smiling, 'for it sounds like a moral boy out of the spelling-book'") and decides to refer to Pip exclusively as Handel ("'Would you mind Handel for a familiar name? There's a charming piece of music by Handel, called the Harmonious Blacksmith.'"). The only other place he is referred to as Philip is in Chapter 44, when he receives a
Pip (Great Expectations) good character, which is expressed mainly in his relationship with his friend Herbert Pocket. Two years after Pip comes of age his benefactor appears in person, and it is Abel Magwitch, the convict he met as a boy. This deflates his hope that he is meant for Estella and at first disgusts him. He knows nothing about what sort of criminal the man is. Despite his disgust and disappointment, the sense of duty that compels Pip to help the convict is a mark of his inner goodness, just as it was when Pip first met him at age seven. After