Imagine you are Pip’s next-door neighbor and are concerned about the abuse he is suffering. Imagine also that Child Protection Services exists at the time. Write a letter to a social worker at CPS detailing the various ways Pip has been neglected and abused. Plead for an investigation into his case.
Dear Child Protective Services,
I am sending you this letter to inform you of the horrors being committed next door. I liive next door to the blacksmith, Joe Gargery, and his wife Mrs. Joe Gargery who beats and abuses her brother, whom she is the caretaker of, Pip. I can hear and feel the banging on the walls when you Pip runs from his sister's wrath. Just the other day, after Pip arrived home late, his sister chased him around the house with a beating stick, they call the "Tickler". Afterwards,his sister made him and the blacksmith drink some concoction of tar. Pip leaves their house covered in bruises almost everyday. I plead that you investigate the case of the gross misstreatment of Pip, and help him to find a new home. In fact, I volunteer myself as Pips adopted parent if none other should arrive.
Thank you for your consideration.
I hope you make the right decision
in helping little Pip,
Sincerely,
Gerald C. Hildebrand