GE Reflection Chapters 1-9

From the beginning of this book, I have started to see some interesting themes emerging. One of them being the upper class versus the lower class. Pip represents the lower class and Miss. Havisham represents the upper class for now. We don't know if any other rich people or people in power will show up in the book. In fact, we don't know if any lower class people won't show up. She isn't really mean but she isn't nice to Pip. She seems to want Pip and Estella to get together. She says stuff like "Isn't she pretty." She just seems pretty crazy. She keeps a 50 year old feast out in the open. That is pretty strange. I am pretty sure that Dickens is trying to say something about the class structure in the Victorian period, I'm just not sure what.
Another theme that is emerging is right versus wrong. This is the first one that the reader sees. It is most clearly shown in how Pip steals food and a file for a convict. This is wrong on two levels. First off, he is stealing. Second, he is helping a criminal which I think is against the law. I also believe that Dickens uses this situation to help characterize Pip. After he has stolen the food, he is very scared that he will get caught by the police. Also, he seems to be very remorseful. This shows us that maybe Pip is naturally good, and has a conscience that might help him to do the right thing later on in the story. Who knows.