In the novel "Great Expectations" by Dickens the main character is greatly influenced by his surroundings/ Pip lives in a time where if you were part of a lower class then you stayed in the lower. By everyone who surrounded him, he was only expected to be a commoner and work the rest of his life. It was a tradition for many people who where born into a high and wealthy class than you were expected to go to school and become great.
With the cultural influence Pip's great expectation was to become a worker and stay in his lower class to die. This affected him in many ways. Such as at first he could not believe that he himself would be able to become a gentleman. He was also shot down by the girl of he loved because he was not of good enough standards for her.
The setting of this novel affected the main character Pip because in that time period people were not expected to go anywhere. If the setting had changed to present day then Pip would be an ordinary person with a greater chance to become who he wants to be.
With all these surrounding Pip's moral grew stronger. He wanted better for himself. He accomplished becoming a gentlemen and also getting the girl of his dreams.
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