How has the relationship changed between Pip and Joe Gargery?
The relationship between Pip and Joe changes dramatically. As Pip gets
older and has turned into a gentleman, Joe has stayed the same, with
his clumsy actions and lack of manners. This creates a divide between
what used to be a loving relationship.
When Pip was a small boy, he felt close to Joe, as Joe was like a
father figure and Pip looked up to him. This meant that Joe and Pip
had a very strong bond and they were very close. They also shared
similarities, as they both had to face being beaten with the 'tickler'
by Mrs Joe Gargery. This brought them closer together. It also shows
that there are no complications in their relationship and they find it
easy to communicate with one another. Joe loves and cares for Pip so
much that he would take all the pain from the 'tickler' instead of Pip
taking it. This shows the great admiration Joe has for Pip.
Pip has a lot of respect for Joe. It shows this when he spends 1-2
hours on the letter he wrote about him. This means that Pip obviously
cares a lot for Joe and the letter is a mark of affection. Joe has
total admiration for Pip, and he is very proud of the fact that Pip is
learning to read and write. This shows how much Joe cares for Pip.
There is a lot of love and understanding in their relationship. It
shows this when Pip doesn't look down on Joe, when he knows that Joe
can't read and he can. This also shows that Pip cares a lot for Joe,
and because Pip cares so much he offers to teach him to read.
Joe loves Pip like a son. He shows his love when he persuades Mrs Joe
Gargery to have him living with them. He says 'Theres room for him at
the forge'. This also shows that Joe cares for Pip mor...
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...because he is ashamed of Joe's
manners whilst eating. But because Joe is trying his best, he ignores
the problem.
Joe soon feels awkward and wants to leave. He says 'Sir...'. This
shows that he wants to diffuse the situation politely. Joe soon
realises that him and Pip are wrong together in London. Joe says that
he belongs in the 'forge'. This reminds Pip of their past relationship
and how close they used to be. When Joe leaves, Pip is left with his
new life. So the relationship has become even weaker and it is near to
the end.
Overall, the relationship between Pip and Joe has severly changed.
They used to have a strong bond and they used to care for each other a
lot. But as Pip grew older and as he became more of a gentleman, they
soon grew appart, and that spaecial bond was broken. Eventhough they
still do care for each other, it is just not shown.
As a young child living in England’s marshes, Pip was a humble, kind, and gentle character. He lived an impoverished life with his sister, Mrs. Joe, and her husband, Joe Gargery, the neighborhood blacksmith. Pip was grateful for everything he had, including his few possessions and his family’s care. When he was offered the chance to play at The Satis House, the home of the wealthy Miss Havisham, Pip went in order to make his family happy.
somehow absorbed by Pip as Pip portrays a typical childlike quality in which he is easily influenced by those around him. Joe’s influence on Pip can come across as a positive outlook on Pip as well. Pip learns to respect others and their wishes as well as himself, but also not to retaliate and lower himself to someone else’s level if they provoked him to do so. “She says many hard things of you, yet you say nothing of hers to do. What do you think of her?
In the end of the novel, Great Expectations, Pip redefines himself as a dependable honorable character. For example, when Pip is hovering over Provis' deathbed he says, "Dear Magwitch, I must tell you, now at last, You had a child once whom you loved and lost, she lived and found powerful friends.
Pip's Sister and his Mum and Dad died she had to bring Pip up by
In the opening chapter, we feel sorry for Pip as we find out that his
think that he was his servant. Pip on the other hand is more like the
...marriage, and his illness that Pip is “released” from his imprisonment and realizes how important Joe is to him.
ashamed of Joe, because he is a commoner. At this time, Pip is around twenty years old. Estella is still the
When Pip was a child, he was a contented young boy. He wanted to grow
The main character, Pip, is a gentle character. His traits include humbleness, kindness, and lovingness. These traits are most likely the cause of his childhood poverty. In the beginning of the story, Pip is a mild mannered little boy who goes on with his own humble life. That, though, will change as he meets Magwich, a thief and future benefactor. Pip’s kindness goes out to help the convict, Magwich when he gives food and clothing to him. Magwich tells Pip that he’ll never forget his kindness and will remember Pip always and forever. This is the beginning of Pip’s dynamic change. Throughout the novel, Great Expectations, the character, Pip gradually changes from a kind and humble character to a character that is bitter, then snobbish and finally evolves into the kind and loving character which he was at the beginning of the story.
Joe Gargery is married to Pip's sister, Mrs. Joe. Although Mrs. Joe treats Pip with resentment and constantly reminds him that he is a burden, Joe is a loyal friend and ally to Pip. Joe loves and supports Pip even when Pip is ashamed and abandons him. In Pip's childhood, Joe is the only one who shows him love. Their relationship is based more in equality than of father/son which allows Pip to ask questions and experience some sort of communication with another person. Mrs. Joe treats Pip harshly and never shows him any love. Pip eventually becomes embarrassed of Joe and his home.
Not only does Pip treat Joe differently, Joe also treats Pip differently because of their differences in social class. He begins to call Pip "sir" which bothered him because "sir" was the title given to people of higher class. Pip felt that they were still good friends and that they should treat each other as equals. Joe soon leaves and explains his early parting, "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. Disciples among such must come.."
Joe's actions are those of a true gentleman. For example, Joe defends Mrs. Joe from Orlick even though he is scared of Orlick himself: "What could the wretched Joe do now...but stand up to his journeyman...so, without so much as pulling off their singed and burnt aprons, they went at one another, like two giants" (773). Joe is intimidated by Orlick and by Joe defending Mrs. Joe from Orlick shows that Joe has courageousness. Joe is a benevolent person by stepping up to Orlick to help Mrs. Joe. In addition, Joe pays off Pip's debts and Pip finds "a receipt for which they had been paid off" (899). Joe paying off Pip's debts shows he is a helpful and caring person. Joe is being considerate by helping Pip become debt-free. It is ironic that Joe helps Pip because Pip hasn't been a considerate person to Joe but he helps Pip regardless.
In the first stage of Great Expectations, Pip begins as a contented boy, happy with his own way of life, but soon becomes humiliated by the ones he loves, and starts to morph into someone who is very status-conscious. At the start, Pip looks up to Joe, and even says, “Joe and I (were) fellow-sufferers…” showing that Pip regarded Joe as an equal (Dickens 7). At this stage in Pip’s life, he has not yet realized what social class is, and so he is perfectly happy being with Joe. Joe and Pip are good friends at this point, and Pip really appreciates him as a person. This all changes after Pip’s first visit with Estella, especially when he says, “Her contempt for me was so strong that it became infectious, and I caught it,” showing that he is beginning to take into account other people’s thoughts about himself (62). Although Estella looks down upon Pip for being ‘common’, there is irony in his statement, because Estella comes from an even lower class than him. Throughout the whole novel, Pip tries to impress her, thinking that she is well above him, when she is actually the daughter of a convict. Finally, Pip shows betrayal to Joe when he says, “I was truly ...
Pip may have learned and he may have grown, but he did not mature as an individual. For someone learning to be gentle, it is surprising how coarse of a person he may be. Compared to early in the story, with his coarse hands, now he has a coarse personality. He became rude to those who cared about him, speaking down to them as if he were much superior, and did not share the same upbringing they had. He had lost interest or care for his parentage, and for the skills and trade for which his brother-in-law works very hard to accomplish, and he had lost the childhood innocence, which made him a unique and pleasant individual. Both Joe and Biddy kept learning and growing throughout the book, similar to Pip, yet, when welcomed to power and status, Pip lost who he was, and became who he thought he was supposed to be.