What are some examples of Pip from the Great Expectations being poor as a kid?

Pip is better described as belonging to the working class rather than being “poor.” At that time, poor would signify that his home was negligible as a shelter, food would be meager, and his work would provide the barest pittance to sustain him. As a blacksmith, Joe Gargery provided skilled labor and was paid regularly for his service. However, in relation to Miss Havisham, Pip definitely felt himself to be “poor.” His education was limited to a dame school during a few evening hours, in which most of his learning was from Biddy. His future was limited to that of labor, following in Joe’s footsteps, as was usual at that time for that social class. Pip is “poor,” therefore, in consideration of his opportunities to raise himself up above the station in which he was born. It is only through his unexpected benefactor that he dares to hope for “great expectations.”