chapter 1

in the first chapter of Great Expectations we learn that Philip Pirrip, known as Pip, is an orphan. he lives with his sister and her husband Joe Gargery. while Pip is at the graveyard looking at his parents' tombstones a stranger comes up to him. he startles Pip and starts asking him numerous questions. the stranger tells Pip that he is not alone and that if Pip doesn't supply him with food and a file, to get the chains off his feet, that he will kill Pip.