“It is considered that you must be better educated, in accordance with your altered position, and that you will be alive to the importance and necessity of at once entering on that advantage.”
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 18. The importance of education to achieving upward mobility is spelled out to Pip by his new guardian Mr. Jaggers. In order to successfully be part of the upper class, you must have a certain level of education, according to Jaggers. The London lawyer represents the anonymous donor funding Pip’s fortune and studies to be a gentleman.