Great Expectations essay
Great Expectations
In Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations, he portrays characters from both the working and leisure classes and the different life styles they live. Joe is a man that is born into the working class. Unlike Estella, his life is not filled with spare time, and Joe doesn’t eat the best food that is offered. Estella is not the daughter of Miss Havisham because she is adopted at a young age. Dickens makes witty remarks about each class. Coming from a working class, Dickens understands the struggles and hard times of a man like Joe. Estella is rude and ignorant towards others, while Joe spends most of his time working and Dickens makes it obvious that he is more sympathetic towards the working class. Joe’s represents the working class with a positive attitude and proves he does not need to be of a higher class to be a gentleman. As the town’s blacksmith, he is extremely busy with all the orders that need to be filled. Joe does not get the time or money to go to school, so he is not well educated. Dickens shows us Joe’s poor English when he asks “Pip, How air you, Pip?” (Dickens 200). The forge, where Joe works and devotes all his time, is located right by his house so he is forced to take any orders that come in unless he is not present. On Christmas Eve, when the soldiers come knowing at his door demanding, “You see blacksmith... I find the lock of one of ‘em goes wrong, and the coupling don’t act pretty. As they are wanted for immediate service” (27). Joe has no problem with fixing the handcuffs, especially for a sergeant, but Joe is the kind of man that would give a hand to anyone in need. Especially Pip, who doesn’t treat Joe with the same kindness. Even though Joe is not a part of a higher class, he acts like much more of a gentleman than Pip does. In the end of Great Expectations, Pip becomes ill while still in London and Joe comes to care for him. Joe knows that Pip has been rude towards him, but he is able to look over
In Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations, he portrays characters from both the working and leisure classes and the different life styles they live. Joe is a man that is born into the working class. Unlike Estella, his life is not filled with spare time, and Joe doesn’t eat the best food that is offered. Estella is not the daughter of Miss Havisham because she is adopted at a young age. Dickens makes witty remarks about each class. Coming from a working class, Dickens understands the struggles and hard times of a man like Joe. Estella is rude and ignorant towards others, while Joe spends most of his time working and Dickens makes it obvious that he is more sympathetic towards the working class. Joe’s represents the working class with a positive attitude and proves he does not need to be of a higher class to be a gentleman. As the town’s blacksmith, he is extremely busy with all the orders that need to be filled. Joe does not get the time or money to go to school, so he is not well educated. Dickens shows us Joe’s poor English when he asks “Pip, How air you, Pip?” (Dickens 200). The forge, where Joe works and devotes all his time, is located right by his house so he is forced to take any orders that come in unless he is not present. On Christmas Eve, when the soldiers come knowing at his door demanding, “You see blacksmith... I find the lock of one of ‘em goes wrong, and the coupling don’t act pretty. As they are wanted for immediate service” (27). Joe has no problem with fixing the handcuffs, especially for a sergeant, but Joe is the kind of man that would give a hand to anyone in need. Especially Pip, who doesn’t treat Joe with the same kindness. Even though Joe is not a part of a higher class, he acts like much more of a gentleman than Pip does. In the end of Great Expectations, Pip becomes ill while still in London and Joe comes to care for him. Joe knows that Pip has been rude towards him, but he is able to look over