Major Characters Pip: the narrator of the story. Pip is an orphan being raised by his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery and her husband, Mr. Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. Mrs. Joe Gargery: the bitter, angry sister of Pip who brings him up "by hand." Mr. Joe Gargery: a kind blacksmith. Pip sees him as an equal and a friend at the beginning of the story. Joe is uneducated but he understands the important things in life. …showed first 75 words of 463 total…

…showed last 75 words of 463 total…care of her dying drunk of a father. Magwitch: the convict that Pip helps at the beginning of the novel. He later returns as Pip's benefactor under the name of Provis. He is a rough ex-con, but seems to have a good heart. Compeyson: Magwitch's mortal enemy and the other convict Pip saw in the marshes fighting with Magwitch. Compeyson is a swindler who was the fiancé that swindled Miss Havisham out of her heart.