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The renowned Disney movie Pinocchio has similar themes and charters to that of Great Expectations. In this movie Pinocchio has a little cricket that is his conscience. Throughout Dickens’s novel you may notice that the relationship between Biddy and Pip is much of one that reflects Biddy being Pips conscience. This relationship effects Pip with the themes of growing up, right and wrong, and guilt. Throughout the book Pip seems to have a strong sense of guilt when he looks back at his actions. This is because two opposing forces are fighting within Pip. One force sincerely wants to do the right thing and has best intentions at heart. This force is the force of gratefulness, humbleness, and all of Pip’s virtues and morals. The other bad, opposing force, raging within Pip, is the one of selfishness, arrogance, impatience’s, and pride. This is the force that constantly has pip annoyed with his family, ashamed, embarrassed, and causes him to waver and fall. The reason Pip is struggling so much with guilt and relationships is because deep down, he knows what’s right and what’s wrong. But sometimes he gets mad at Biddy for she reveals to him the truth of his behavior and he knows that she, like all of our consciences, is right. But Pip is also like Pinocchio in more than just one way. Pip, like Pinocchio desires to be something truly impossible to achieve but because of some very magical events that aspire are achieved. Pip wishes with all his might that he could be a gentleman; even at such a young age pip is aware what benefits of money and education can bring. Pinocchio has a desperate wish to be a real boy and his wish is granted as well. But both charters with their newly acquired gifts are given the choice to either abuse them or to do the right thing, not loose sight of themselves and their values. Each charter has to face the challenges of growing up along with the struggles of fortunes.