1) Pip doesn't like this.....why?
2) Pip has a new manservant "The Avenger" who doesn't appear to have much to do. Why do you think Pip hired him....and what is funnily appropriate about his nickname?
3) The breakfast with Joe is strained at best. How would you describe the change in Pip and Joe's relationship? Draw conclusions with examples.
4) Judging from Biddy's letter, Joe had expected real pleasure from his visit with Pip. In what ways are his expectations disappointed? Why doesn't he reject Pip as a person? What does this tell us about Joe?
4)Joe was expecting Pip to be happy to see him but instead Pip acts annoyed and is quiet. Joe was hoping that things would be the same as they were when Pip was a common boy but their visit ends up being awkward. Pip says he “felt impatient of him and out of temper with him” (222). Joe realizes that he is not wanted there when Pip only seems to get excited when he mentions Estella. Joe is hurt by Pip's snobbery and rejection, but he loves Pip so he decides to leave because that's what Pip wants. Joe wants Pip to be happy so he will do what Pip wants. Before leaving Joe says, “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. Diwisions among such must come, and must be met as they come”(223). This is a metaphor comparing metal smithing to the division of the different classes and how they are all different and how we must accept that. Joe chooses not to blame Pip for the awkwardness of their visit but instead he blames it on the division of the different classes, this shows what a loyal and thoughtful friend Joe is.
ReplyDeletegreat explanation of the metal smithing metaphor
ReplyDelete3) The relationship between Joe and Pip has gone from “ever the best of friends;” (Dickens, 47) to formal acquaintances that “have a tendency to call [each other] sir,” (220) Previously Pip and Joe had been great pals as they “were equals.” (48) Pip “looked up to Joe in his heart” (48) and they shared a father-son like relationship. Later when Joe comes to visit Pip in London, Pip looks down on Joe as he now believes that he is superior to him just because of his new-found wealth. Instead of being excited for his friend’s visit. Pip says “If I could have kept him away by paying money, I certainly would have paid money.” (217) Pip is embarrassed by Joe as he represents Pip’s old life therefore he doesn’t want him “being seen by Herbert or his father, for both of whom [he] had respect” yet he would let Joe be “seen by Drummle, whom [he] held in contempt.” (218)
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