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Pip And Magwitch 'Change In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations
Well within those chapters of the story " Great Expectations" Magwitch which is Pips bean factor and also the thief that made Pip bring him food has died in prison. Before he died though he tell Pip about his daughter which is a coincidence because Pip is in love with his daughter Estella.

So as he dies talking about his daughter Pip would go through a change. Basically because now the way he saw the world has changed. Like how him and Magwitch didn't get off at a good start but he sent him money and stuff years later. As well as him being the father of the person he loves.

So Pip would undergo a change in his life or a turning pint because he listens to the father of the love of his life talk about her, but considering their past it would

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