We addressed the distinction between Pip the character and Pip the narrator. Matthew did well in recognizing that Pip the narrator is able to comment on his earlier life as he ,as narrator, is a wiser man who has learned from experience. In that regard, I reviewed the characteristics of the "bildungsroman" . We then examined the continuing theme of guilt and Dickens' satire of the senseless rules, norms and customs of the upper class and of the judicial system. As the novel is a story of Pip's search of self and identity, I next introduced the literary significance of identity as related to acquiring a new set of clothing .We discussed how Joe's true self or authentic self can not be disguised or covered up even as he dresses in his best outfit to meet Miss Havisham. Clothing in the novel becomes a symbol of self or an attempt to cover or hide one's true self. Last, we examined how Pip's moral decline is symbolically tied to the rot and decay of Satis House and Miss Havisham. Pip has become ashamed of Joe and his life as a blacksmith's apprentice living at the forge.