convict becomes violent again when Pip mentions the other escapee he encountered in the marsh, as though the news troubles him greatly. As the convict scrapes at his leg irons with the file, Pip slips away through the mists and returns home. Analysis: Chapters 1-3 The first chapters of Great Expectations set the plot in motion while introducing Pip and his world As both narrator and protagonist, Pip is naturally the most important character in Great Expectations: the novel is his story, told in his words, and his perceptions utterly define the events and characters of the book As a result, Dickens's most important task as