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Great Expectations Quotes: Relationships
Relationships
Pip & Joe
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‘I always treated him as a larger species of child, and as no more than my equal’
(Ch1)
 Pip & Joe are peers; Joe’s uneducated
 Joe is not the stereotypical the authoritative figure and the superior here
‘We were equals afterwards, as we had been before… but I had a new sensation of…
looking up to Joe in my heart’ (Ch 7)
 Pip’s attitude changes
 Pip has a paternal figure now; he can look up to him
 Theme of education- emotional education
‘We wouldn’t have you starved to death for it…would us, Pip?’ (Ch 5)
 Joe thinks of Pip as equal- he believes they think the same way
 Example of how Joe has a positive influence on Pip
 Theme of education and nurture
‘Joe and I being fellow sufferers’ (Ch 2 pg 8)
 Unusual bond between the two- Pip sees Joe as support
 Would expect Pip and Mrs Joe to be closer (related by blood)
‘Ever the best of friends; ‘ant us Pip? Don’t cry old chap!’ (Ch 7)
 This is a very emotional and tender moment between Pip and Joe, and shows
Joe’s unconditional love for Pip (‘ever’)
When Joe pays off Pip’s debt, Pip becomes both financially and emotionally indebted
to Joe- he loved Pip unconditionally but Pip did not repay his love and instead was
embarrassed by him

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