Joe is ‘rewarded' at the end of the novel by a second marriage to Biddy
who is one of the kindest people in the book. Joe offers to take Pip into his home rather than see him be an orphan. When Mrs Joe goes on one of her ‘rampages' with Pip, Joe is there to help him out.
Where does Joe take Pip when he comes to visit him at the end of the book?
Joe and Biddy are thrilled to see him. Pip apologizes to them and tells them he is going to
join Herbert in Egypt
. He promises to repay them and asks that they remember him kindly. In Egypt, Pip lives with Herbert and Clara, pays off his debts, and leads a frugal life.
Does Biddy marry Joe?
They're arm and arm. Biddy looks beautiful and is crying. Joe is overjoyed. Biddy tells Pip it is her wedding day and that
she's married Joe
.
Why doesn't Mrs Joe's death bring Joe and Pip closer?
Her death fails to bring Pip and Joe closer because
Pip can still not acknowledge that his behaviour is self-entitled and weird
. Pip's claim that Biddy has done him an ‘injustice' and an ‘injury' is ironic because Pip has stayed away from Joe and Biddy and not helped them out in any way.
How would you describe the dinner that Pip and Joe have when Joe visits Pip in London?
When Joe visits Pip in London, the meal they had together can best be described as:
AWKWARD AND UNCOMFORTABLE
. It is apparent by midway through the book that Miss Havisham raised Estella to: HAVE NO HEART AND BREAK THE HEARTS OF MEN.
Is Joe happy in Great Expectations?
By the end of the novel,
Joe's consistency and dignity have been revealed as a model of what it means to be a good man
. Unlike Pip, Joe also ends the novel in a loving marriage with children, showing that his gentle and nurturing ways have been rewarded.
Why does Joe Love Mrs Joe?
He recognizes Mrs. Joe's strengths, remembers her better times, and wants to protect her from the suffering that his mother endured with his father
. In him, there is deep intuitive wisdom, inner peace and acceptance, dignity, and a basic sense of what is right and what will cause heartache.
How does Joe affect Pip?
What is this?
Joe arrives at a wise and resigned attitude towards pip's change in social class that caused them to drifted apart
, and he shows his essential goodness and loyalty by blaming the discussion not on Pip but on the unalterable nature of the human condition.
Do Pip and Estella get married?
Varied resolutions of Estella's relationship with Pip
Though Estella marries Drummle in the novel and several adaptations, she does not marry him in the best-known 1946 film adaptation.
In no version does she eventually marry Pip, at least not within the timespan of the story
.
Why is Biddy upset with Pip when he comes home from London?
Why is Biddy upset with Pip when he comes home from London?
She does not believe he will visit Joe
. Who is eating a large meal in Joe's house when he comes home from London?
What were Mrs Joe's last words?
Pip asks to hear the particulars of Mrs. Joe's death and Biddy tells him her last words were
“Joe,” “Pardon,” and “Pip.”
Pip asks her about Orlick and hears that he is now working in the quarries and that he lurked by the forge the night Mrs.
Do Joe and Biddy have children?
There's Joe smoking a pipe by the fire, and there's an exact replica of his young self. It's baby Pip!
Biddy and Joe have babies now
! Pip is totally taken with little Pip.
Who Killed Mrs. Joe gargery?
Orlick accuses
Pip
of coming between him and a young woman he fancied, among other things, and declares his intention to have revenge. He also admits to killing Mrs. Joe, though he says that Pip is ultimately responsible for her death since Orlick did it to get back at him.
Is Biddy older than Pip?
Biddy, Wopsle's second cousin and
near Pip's age
; she teaches in the evening school at her grandmother's home in Pip's village. Pip wants to learn more, so he asks her to teach him all she can.
Who loves Herbert?
Clara
is Herbert Pocket's love and fiancée. She lives at Mill Brook Pond at a boarding house with her irascible, alcoholic father (a retired ship's purser) who she tends to on hand and foot. Pip thinks she looks like a fairy.
Why did Joe marry Pip's sister?
By the time the reader is introduced to her, she has already buried two parents and five brothers and has no husband, and hence, no means to support herself. Joe solves that by marrying her. However, because of all the loss in her life early on,
she fears abandonment and wants security, so her focus is survival
.
What does Pip mean when he says I should never like Joe's trade?
Pip says ‘I should never like Joe's trade. I had liked it once, but once was not now. ‘ He means that
before he'd gone to Satis House he'd accepted his future as his future
. Now though, he knew there was other things he could do or be and didn't want to be a blacksmith anymore.
How would you describe Mrs Joe?
‘ As Pip describes her, she's
an imposing figure, bony and tall, with dark eyes and hair
. Mrs. Joe wears the same thing: a hideous apron with pins and needles stuck to it. What's more, her face is so red it looks like she has taken a grater to it.
What advice does Joe give to Pip?
When Pip admits he feels coarse and common and that he lied in describing his visit to Miss Havisham's, Joe tells Pip that you have to be common before you can be uncommon, that no good comes of lies, and if you cannot get to be uncommon by being honest, you will never get there by being dishonest.
What message does Joe deliver Pip?
Finally, Joe tells Pip the reason for his visit: Miss Havisham asked Joe to tell Pip that
Estella wants to see him
. Pip suddenly feels much, much better, and he wishes he had known that this was the reason for Joe's visit all along. With this message passed along, Joe gets ready to leave.
What does Mr Jaggers look like?
He was
a burly man of an exceedingly dark complexion, with an exceedingly large head, and a corresponding large hand
… He was prematurely bald on the top of his head, and had bushy black eyebrows that wouldn't lie down but stood up bristling.
Is Joe aware that Pip is embarrassed of him?
Joe intuitively knows the visit is a mistake, yet he does not stand in Pip's way and merely tells him that this visit should be the last unless Miss Havisham encourages more. Pip, on the other hand, lacks Joe's intuitive and natural dignity and knowledge.
When they meet with Miss Havisham, Pip is embarrassed by Joe.
Does Pip love Joe?
As a boy, Pip looks up to Joe, whom he portrays as his protector and a friend who “sanctified” his home and made his sister's rampages bearable.
Pip loved him
and even had difficulties lying to him about his encounter with the escaped convict for fear that Joe would think less of him.
Why is Pip embarrassed of joe?
Why does Pip become ashamed of Joe?
As Pip becomes more conscious of social class and the way that class is used to determine people's position in the world
, he becomes embarrassed by Joe. Joe is not wealthy, well-educated, or worldly.
Why does Joe put up with Mrs. Joe's abuse Do you agree with his choice and did he do enough to protect Pip?
Joe's personality is submissive, kind and loving, he does not challenge Mrs. Joe, he accepts her as she is. He puts up with his wife's harsh abuse
because he genuinely loves Pip
.
What was Mrs. Joe attacked with?
The attack on Mrs. Joe, while it seems to have been of murderous intent, did not kill her. Still, the town officials are on the hunt for her attacker, without much success at all. The only real evidence is
a leg iron, a convict's shackle
.
