【正文】 n being a blacksmith and he has pride in himself He believes in integrity and he always treats people politely An example of how Joe treats people i s at the beginning of the story when Pips criminal is apprehendedWhen the criminal says that he is sorry for eatin g the pie Joe says God knows youre wele to itso far as it was ever mine Pg 573 Joe helps Pip with anything he is always with Pip when needed Joe is one of the characters in this story that Pip will always recollectJoe has little education His father was an alcoholic and prevented Joe from going to school He had to go to work at a young age to help support his family Joe loves Pip as though he were his own son but as Pip gets too big for his britches thanks to his fortune Joe bees less and less a part of Pips life Joe is proud and we hear his lifes philosophy in the advice he gives a young humiliated Pip Joe tells Pip that if he wants to be extraordinary he has to be ordinary first He tells Pip that every king has to learn the basics first In essence everyone puts their pants on one leg at a time When Jaggers tries to buy Pip from Joe Joe nearly knocks his block off Unlike Pip Joe cares nothing for money Joe can fight a man like Orlick but he also cries at the drop of a hat Pip says of him I have often thought him since like the steamhammer that I can crush a man or pat an eggshell in his bination of strength with gentleness Joe is embodied with both strength and softness abrasiveness and gentility Joe is out of place in London and calls Pip sir instead of Pip He knows that Pip is beyond his reach and so never visits Pip ever again Joe has a powerful understanding of his place and role in society and leaving that role is a very difficult thing Joe loves Pip unconditionally and is a beacon of friendship and loyalty throughout Pips life It is this steadfast love that seems to really break Pips heart BiddyBiddy Mr Wopsles second cousin she runs an evening school from her home in Pips village and bees Pips teacher A kind and intelligent but poor young woman she is like Pip and Estella an orphan She is the opposite of Estella Pip ignores her obvious love for him as he fruitlessly pursues Estella After he realizes the error of his life choices he returns to claim Biddy as his bride only to find out she has married Joe Gargery Biddy and Joe later have two children one named after Pip who Estella mistakes as Pips child in the original ending Orlick was attracted to her but his affection was unreciprocated Biddy granddaughter of Mr Wopsles greataunt the latter runs an evening school in her home in Pips village and Biddy bees Pips teacher 23 The Cruelty of the BourgeoisieIn Great Expectations we can encounter many bourgeois In this part we mainly discuss Miss Havisham and MrJaggers HavishamMiss Havisham is very wealthy and with her lives a young girl named Estella Estella is very pretty and intentionally rude to Pip Pips purpose of being sent to Miss Havisham is not exactly to play but rather to see how much stronger Estella is in parison to Pip and also to hurt Pip the way she was hurt by her loved one many years ago Estella behaves this way because she learned it from her mother figure Miss Havisham Miss Havisham used Estella to avenge wrongs done to her At this point in the novel Pip is the target of avenge He is hurt by Estellas brutality towards him She makes nasty ments about his life style his clothes and his future For example she calls him a mon laboringboy with coarse hands and thick boots She thrives on these remarks and Pips reactions to them But with each hurtful remark she throws at him he begins to learn to bury the pain inside so she would not be able to see it Pip is a loyal boy to his sister and to Joe He demeans himself and takes the insults thrown at him He bees vulnerable to Miss Havisham because he has no other choice He bees vulnerable to Miss Havisham because she is rich unmon welllearned and because Pip is hoping that she will pay for his education Although he submits himself to disfort he gets nothing in return He is still harassed by his sister and is scarred from the insults The novel portrays Pip as an abused child He is very faithful to the people that surround him Especially to his sister and Miss Havisham Through his experience with the unmon people he bees selfish and mad for the way he was raised up and no longer wants to learn Joes trade This change of attitude makes life for Pip harder and somehow unbearable JaggersMr Jaggers prominent London lawyer who represents the interests of diverse clients both criminal and civil He represents Pips benefactor and is Miss Havishams lawyer as well By the end of the story his law practice is the mon element that brushes many of the characters Mr Jaggers plays a pivotal role in the novel We are first introduced to him in Chapter 11 where Pip encounters the rather condescending lawyer on the stairs of Satis House Pip describes Mr Jaggers as a burly man of an exceedingly dark plexion We cannot help but notice that he is extremely pontificating by virtue of him holding Pips chin and being almost sure that Pip was of a bad set of fellows although he had scarcely known Pip for two minutes Mr Jaggers silent and terrifying ambiguity conjures mystery and enigma all around him We find that very little is mentioned of his background and that he has no family He is the epitome of callousness and displays the very least human feelings and affection Through his desperate attempts to remain on the pedestal and away from social pany he is also Dickens classic example of isolationism in line with the theme of Great Expectations24 The importance of social classSocial class played a major role in the society depicted in Charles Dickenss Great Expectations Social class determined the manner in which a person was treated and their access to education Yet social class did not define the character of the individual Many chara