Pip's fairy tale like view on the upper class is shattered when Magwitch, a convict, declares that he's Pip'd benefactor. Pip can't believe that a low-class criminal had wealth rivaling that of a wealthy gentleman's. It's a wake up call for Pip. (page 294) Magwitch's death also brings out Pip's softer, more sentimental side as Pip learns to love a person for who they are now and not what their standing or past was. (page 428) Pip sells all his belongings to pay for his debts and starts anew as a humble clerk at Clarriker and Herbert's company.
He also heavily influenced his attitude towards other people. He would never treat others with respect because that's how his dad would act. Pip is a high school student that is always smoking pot, cigarettes and drinking alcohol. He comes from a rough home life because his dad is aggressive towards everyone on the household especially Pip because he's constantly defying him. Pip has a younger brother named Mikey who is innocent yet he realizes how bad his father is.
Later in the book, Joe has a new mother named Thula and a few brothers. Joe loved his brothers but he did not like Thula as a mother or person, Thula felt the same about Joe. Since Joe was not her child, she didn’t want anything to do with him. He convinced Joe's father, Harry, to leave Joe by himself. This was the start of the new independent and determined Joe.
Exploring the theme of maturity, Dickens illustrates Pip’s feelings of superiority over Joe through Pip’s diction and condescension. Utilizing diction and symbolism to emphasize the ‘common’ in Joe but the elegance of Pip. As Pip describes Joe’s arrival: I knew it was Joe, by his clumsy manner of coming up-stairs-- his state boots being always too big for him--and by the time it took him to read the names on the other floors in the course of his ascent.
Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations contains a riveting story, complete with characters who are captivating, as well as pertinent. Some of the more memorable characters are Miss Havisham and Joe Gargery. Although Miss Havisham isn’t the most altruistic person, she plays a significant role in Pip’s life. Joe Gargery is a completely different person. He resembles a father figure to Pip, and he provides a solicitous spirit in his life.
He would be willing to pay Joe as much money as needed to keep him out of Pip's hair. Secondly, Pip explains how embarrassed he would be if he were to be seen by anybody while he is with Joe, especially Drummle. Pip and Drummle despise each other, and Pip knows he
Great Expectations Joe Gargery is a man that acts like he was forced to marry Pip’s sister, aka Mrs. Joe Gargery. It seems like Pip and Joe Gargery were both raised the same way, with high prospects. “He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow - a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness.” (pg. 11, Dickens)
luckily for pip, the police knock on the door searching for the convict, and ask for Joe's help. Pip also goes along, but he is still fearful because when the convict is found he might give pip away. throughout this whole scene pip feels lots of guilt and fear for his actions. this is one main reason of his bad choices leading to a punishment.
Through her attempts she replaces her daughter’s heart with ice and breaks young men’s hearts. In Dickens’ bildungsroman Great Expectations, Pip and Miss Havisham’s morally ambiguous characterization helps develop the theme, that one needs to learn to be resilient. The internal struggles that Pip experiences through the novel, reveal his displeasure to his settings and
Pip even goes as far as to say that if he “could have kept him away by paying money, I certainly would have paid money” (194). This shows that Pip now finds Joe more of a burden than a friend and doesn’t respect
In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens tells the story in the perspective of a young boy growing up in England during the Victorian Era. Philip “Pip” Pirrip is the protagonist, where we discover his life experiences and expectations through his narration. Pip’s sister, Mrs. Joe, and her husband, Mr. Joe, greatly influence his childhood. He meets many people later on who teaches him that not everyone will be happy and what it really means to have “great expectations”. Through Pip’s journey, Dickens suggests that happiness becomes achievable if one learns to accept and fix their flaws.
Joe Gargery exemplifies the theme of the power of friendship in this book. When Pip prepares to go to London, he gives Joe a very mean and snobby attitude. He even lets on that Joe and his background cause him embarrassment, “I have been thinking, Joe, that when I go downtown on Monday, and order my new clothes, I shall tell the tailor that I 'll come and put them on there, or that I 'll have them sent to Mr. Pumblechook 's. It would be very disagreeable to be stared at by all the people here,” (page 126). Throughout Pip leaving on a sour note, Joe always remains around for Pip. Joe even meets Pip in London and tells Pip that he cares about him and understands the social divide and changes that have taken place, “Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together, as I may say, and one man’s a blacksmith, and one’s a whitesmith, and one’s a goldsmith, and one’s a coppersmith.
Not just does Pip treat Joe in an unexpected way, Joe likewise treats Pip distinctively in view of their distinction in social class. He starts to call Pip "sir" which annoyed him in light of the fact that "sir" was the title given to individuals of higher class. Pip felt that they were still great companions and that they ought to treat one another as equivalents. Joe soon leaves and clarifies his initial separating, "Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever such a large number of partings welded together, as I may say,
Although Pip does not know the identity of his benefactor, he keeps in his mind that Miss Havisham is his benefactor. Pip thinks that she is there to raise him to become a gentleman so he can marry Estella. Pip's thoughts as to who he wants his secret benefactor to be shows a sign of immaturity. Additionally, when Pip starts learning to become a gentleman, he becomes mean to Joe and Biddy because they are much different to his new lifestyle. When Joe visits, Pip is snobbish to him because he is not behaving properly.
In that way, it is possible to get a happy ending even after experiencing something similar to what Pip felt. In the end, Pip became friends with Estella, even after knowing that she was the cause for his change which lead to all his misery in life. A moral theme that was taught in Great Expectations is to not change yourself for anyone or any reason. It is important to always keep your individuality and not to be susceptible to being swayed by someone. Overall, everyone should be their own individual person and not change for
