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My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip
“Pip” like “Pirrip” is a palindrome—a word that works the same from both directions, forward and backward—and Pip’s character is also a sort of palindrome, moving toward “expectations” and back again from them, spinning in an endless back-and-forth with E
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I called myself Pip
A pip is a small seed or part of a seed. Pip names himself, and so is forever associated with, something that has not yet grown. Dickens suggests that Pip is, and will always be, immature.
It is also just a tiny little noise, made by a “pipsqueak.” When P
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A pip is a small seed or part of a seed. Pip names himself, and so is forever associated with, something that has not yet grown. Dickens suggests that Pip is, and will always be, immature.
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