Great Expectations response 1

In Great Expectations when Pip provides help to the convict by steeling from his sister, his reaction to being a thief shows Pip's conscience has great weight of influence on his life. Although Pip does steel his dramatic weight of his conscience shows that he is no thief.
When Pip hears of the hulks nearby he explains, "…I felt fearfully sensible of the great convenience that the Hulks were handy for me. I was clearly on my way there. I had begun by asking questions, and I was going to rob Mrs. Joe.”
Here Pip shows his guilty conscience by foreseeing a totally ridiculous occurrence of the hulks taking him into custody. His steeling of the pantry from Mrs. Joe has clearly affected his conscience; the fact that just the presence of the hulks scares him into thinking he will be taken shows that his conscience is showing signs of guilt.
In addition to showing guilt in his decision to steal from Mrs. Joe, Pip shows fear to the situation as well. As shown above, "I felt fearfully sensible sensible of the great convenience that the Hulks were handy for me. " Hear Pip shows his fear of prison as a great negative from steeling from Mrs. Joe. Although this fear combined with guilt shows that Pip is no real criminal. Although he does steal he shows that he is no man for crime because of his guilty conscience along with a great fear that is aroused just from the presence of the Hulks that are clearly not after him.
Pip may have stolen but he shows us that he no criminal. No real criminal would have a guilty conscience that haunts him like Pip's conscience does. Pip turns out to be just a boy caught in a unfortunate situation.