Why is Great Expectations by Charles Dickens a bildungsroman novel?

is a classic

bildungsroman novel, or a coming-of-age novel. It tells the story of Pip as he grows
from ten
years old to twenty-three, and it's largely centered around him
trying to find his place in the
world. Like many bildungsromans, this book
begins with an encounter (with the convict) that
brings the 's own mortality
to his attention, and it continues to center on themes of Pip's
struggles
with finding love, finding his place in the class structure of his society,
and
figuring out how to relate to his family and his hometown.
Great
Expectations is taught so frequently in part
because it epitomizes the concept of a
bildungsroman novel. Pip moves from
loneliness and fear to naivety and ambition and finally to a
certain kind of
humility, gratitude, and wisdom.