Chapter 28

Pip is summoned once again to Miss Havisham's and decides not to stay at Joe's. He spends a whole long paragraph "justifying" his actions.....even he knows he is making excuses and calls himself a "self-swindler".

1)  So why REALLY does he not want to stay at Joe's? 

2)  Here's a hard one!  Pip uses a money analogy to explain the seriousness of being a "self-swindler"  Can anyone explain the analogy? (p. 245)

3)  FLASHBACK .....well sort of.  The stranger who gave Pip the two pound notes at the Three Jolly Bargemen reappears and his conversation with his fellow convict fills in some information.  It's odd that Pip's convict gave another convict (a stranger) the two pound notes to give to Pip. Very naive, indeed. So why did the convict from the Jolly Bargemen give Pip the money instead of spending it himself?  And why do you think Pip's convict sent him the money? 

4) Pumblechook is shameless. Why does he spend so much time and energy trying to convince others that Pip's great expectations are due in large part to Pumblechook's doings?