5- "The communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations."

A stranger arrives at Pip and Joe's household one night with a very special message. From the picture at the right, it is evident that Jaggers is stepping in between Joe and Pip. This is true on multiple levels, because after Jaggers delivers his message, Pip's relationship with Joe will be intervened and will never really be the same. Jaggers tells Pip and Joe that he has been selected to inherit a large fortune, and that he is to begin his training as a gentleman immediately. To Pip, this most have seemed almost too good to be true, for Pip was growing more and more accustomed to life at the shed, and the idea of being a gentleman seemed more like a fantasy than anything else at that time. Jaggers message brought Pip so much joy that it immediately made him forget about the people who loved him the most. After Jaggers told Pip and Joe about his change in fortune, Pip started acting snobbishly towards Joe and Biddy, and as a result he was setting the stage for his future relationships with them. Although Pip later felt terrible for treating his friends and caretakers in such a way, he would soon put this problem in the back of his mind, because of the social demands his new identity and occupation.

Jaggers told Pip that the benefactor wishes to remain anonymous, but Pip's first reaction was that Miss Havisham was his benefactor. This reaction of Pip's makes it clear that Pip feels that Miss Havisham is on his side, and that it is quite possible that she may be planning for Estella to have a future with him. Regardless, Jagger's message changed Pip's life forever, turning him for a common laboring boy, to a gentleman of high class. For the better or for the worse, Pip was heading to London to make a gentleman of himself.