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.
The allusion to the parable prodigal son is hinted at early in the novel. Mr. Pumblechook and Mr. Wopsle constantly admonish Pip to be “‘grateful…to them which brought [him] up by hand’” (Dickens 54). Mr. Wopsle declares that “‘swine were the companions of the prodigal’” and an ungrateful child is worse than swine (Dickens 26). Mrs. Joe often reproaches Pip for being ungrateful. She resents having to raise Pip up since his infancy. However, Mrs. Joe abuses Pip (Ryken 156). She whips him for unnecessary reasons and is annoyed by any question he asks. The person to whom Pip owes his gratitude to is Joe. Joe had “sanctified” his home, making it a “pleasant place” (Dickens 112).
This progression of Pip’s life tests him many over. He tries again and again with haste to move towards his one true goal borne upon a children’s folly that grows to be his all consuming desire. He resents his current status as mere orphan smithy boy, common in all respects to his eyes, and fails to recognize his own strangeness in rejecting his allotted path in life. His father figure, Joe, advises that his own questioning is uncommon enough but he simply disregards fulfilment in being himself, believing himself to be the one true, harsh, judge of his character, he is simply not one to back down on his ideals.
In Great Expectations, during the middle of the book, Pip creates a rather low opinion of himself acting arrogant and conceited to others. For example, When Joe is coming to visit Pip, Pip thinks to himself, "I was looking forward to Joe's coming not with pleasure, thought that I was bound to him... If I could have kept him away by paying money, I would have paid money (pg.841). Evan though Joe protected and assisted Pip throughout his juvenile years, Pip was still embarrassed by him. Pip is an ungrateful person showing Joe no gratitude. In addition, when Pip learned who his benefactor was he replied, "The abhorrence in which I held the man, the dread I had of him, the repugnance with which I shrank from him, could not have been exceeded if he had been some terrible beast (pg.876). Pip is surprised by this intrusion of his mind realizing that Miss Havisham did not raise him to be with Estella. Evan though Pip was not raised to be with Estella he is an vicious human being thinking such vile thoughts against a man that gave him the life of a gentleman. In relation, as Provis lays down to sleep Pip reflects on meeting him, "Then came the reflection that I had seen him with my childish eyes to be a desperate violent man:" (pg.879). Pip can only think of what horrible things Provis performed. Pip is an unforgiving person, still thinking of Provis as a convict after all he did for him. Pip displays himself as a heartless feign, believing himself to be of upper society and forgetting people who helped him through his journey of life.
When Pip is on the road to becoming a gentleman, many thoughts of negativity towards others are established in him. Pip feels he has more power over people who are in a lower social class than him. When Joe, Pip's brother-in-law, comes over to London to visit Pip, Pip thinks, "I could hardly have imagined dear old Joe looking so unlike himself or so like some extraordinary bird" (100). Joe's appearance and poor manners disgust Pip, which displays how Pip is being domineering over a person t...
The first fatherly figure Pip ever had was Joe Gargery. Joe was a great father-like influence because he did many things that a father would do for his son. He cared about Pip’s well-being. “I wish there warn 't no Tickler for you, old chap; I wish I could take it all on myself; but this is the up-and-down-and-straight on it,
First, Pip has great expectations Joe. At the beginning of the novel, Pip expects Joe to be a fatherly figure, and protect him from Mrs. Joe and Pip "looking up to Joe in [his] heart" (Dickens 86). Joe and Pip are friends and rely on one another to survive their home life by warning one another when Mrs. Joe "went on the rampage" [173]. However, after Pip receives his benefactor and money, he expects Joe to be a different person than himself. He expects Joe, like himself, overnight, to go from "being co...
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
When Pip was a child, he was a contented young boy. He wanted to grow
Pip’s transition into snobbery is, I believe, a steady one from the moment that he first meets Miss Havisham and Estella. Even before that Pip started to his fall from innocence when he steals from his sister to feed and free “his” convict. But that was not easy for young Pip as his conscience played on him as he heard the floor boards screaming in vain attempts to alert Mrs. Joe. It is obvious that Pip was not comfortable doing this deed for “his” convict as he thought for a while before taking the pork pie, which was so appreciated by Magwitch.
nursed back to health, Pip starts to appreciate Joe and begins to look past the fact that he is “common.
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 ...
...marriage, and his illness that Pip is “released” from his imprisonment and realizes how important Joe is to him.
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.
Pip encounters all of the influential people in his life during his childhood. The first and most obvious are his family. Mrs. Joe and Joe Gargery, Pip’s sister and brother-in-law, are the only family that Pip has ever known. Mrs. Joe Gargery is Joe’s wife and Pip’s only living relative. She is a very domineering woman who is always punishing Pip for something. Joe is like a father to Pip, who goes to Joe with all of his problems and worries. They are always truthful with each other and protect each other from Mrs. Joe when she is on the rampage. Despite the fact that Joe is an adult, he is also Pip’s only real friend during his childhood. Joe is the most loyal person in Pip’s life.