GE #13

“It was evening when I arrived, much fatigued by the journey I had so often made so easily” (449). After finally realizing his mistake of leaving Joe and Biddy, Pip resolves to go back to them, to apologize and beg for their forgiveness. Although having made this journey dozens of times before, Pip finds this particular one especially tough. Through this passage Dickens hints at a common theme in life: the difficulties of admitting to be wrong. Without the necessary courage to do so it can potentially lead to lies and committing crimes. Dickens gives Pip the valor needed to overcome these situations, encouraging his readers to do so as well.