Compare and contrast the relationships adults have with children in Great Expectations.

In the novels of Charles Dickens, there are frequently
reflections of the author's personal experiences. For, as a child Charles was forced to
work in a blackinghouse since his father was placed in a debtor's prison, Marshalsea
Prison.  While living and working on his own, young Dickens was subjected to cruelty by
adults.  Mr. Jaggers, for instance, is modeled after a notoriously unscrupulous lawyer
for whom Charles worked that was also very rude and abrupt.Having been hurt emotionally
and psychologically by his father's imprisonment, young Pip reflects this experience of
Dickens as he subjected to the cruelty of his sister and exploitation of Miss Havisham
who sees him merely as a model of maleness on which Estella can practice her
cold-heartedness. 

On the other hand, Charles Dickens was
treated by others with kindness.  And, it is Joe Gargery and Matthew Pocket and Herbert
who portray these persons of his past in the novel Great Expectations. 
Certainly, Pip's rescue from the effects of his having been burnt when he
rescued Miss Havisham can be interpreted as reflective of his having been rescued
from Warren's Blacking Warehouse.  Interestingly, John Dickens received an inheritance
from his paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Dickens, who bequeathed him the sum of 450
pounds.  On the expectation of this legacy (great expectations?), John Dickens, against
the wishes of his wife who thought Charles should continue working, had Charles put into
a school in London.

Thus, just as in his own personal life
in which there were adults who were cruel and those who treated him with kindness and
love, similarly Pip's relationships with adults are varied in Dickens's Great
Expectations.