How Does Magwitch Influence Pip's Life

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Even the two were important in Pip’s life, he didn’t necessarily glean a great deal of influence from them. He still retained a lot of his own personality traits, which in the case of Jaggers was a good thing. He helped Magwitch because he likely felt obligated to do so, considering that Magwitch had left him the money. Even in hatching a complex escape route, the plan was still foiled and Pip of course ends up losing all of his fortune in the end. But while Magwitch considered himself a father figure to Pip, perhaps the reason that Magwitch and Jaggers (both less than decent people in many areas of their lives) did not influence who Pip would become as a person is because Pip did not necessarily idolize them.

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