Feather Bed of Comfort

“Mr. Trabb had sliced his hot roll into three feather beds, and was slipping butter in between the blankets, and covering it up.” (124).

Feather beds are symbolic of comfort, wealth, and prosperity, and for Pip to see Mr. Trabb cutting his hot roll into feather beds, he must have displayed comfort also. Pip is not used to being in the company of wealthy people, so Dickens uses Mr. Trabb as a way to introduce Pip to his wealth.