Ashley

Most Memorable Moment 

The most memorable moment in the novel up till now was when Pip had met Joe again after he moved to his new property. This was memorable since things between Joe and Pip had changed a lot and they were acting very strange and awkward around each other. It was also interesting to see how they got into an argument and it even seemed like Pip was a bit ashamed of showing Joe to his friend. This was something that I wouldn’t have really expected to happen between the two. It was also memorable since it shows changes in the personalities of the characters. This scene was important to the book because it shows how becoming a rich young man has changed the way Pip acts. It helps to develop the character and how he becoming rich has also made him act more like the other people who have a higher status. The fact that Joe first started calling Pip “sir” when they first met again was an indication of how their relationship has become more distance and that since Pip has become a higher class means that they cannot be as friendly as before. When they were out for dinner, Pip had to show Joe what to use and Joe was often fidgeting while they were talking.

Joe also said to Pip, “If there's been any fault at all to-day, it's mine. You and me is not two figures to be together in London; nor yet anywheres else but what is private, and beknown, and understood among friends. It ain't that I am proud, but that I want to be right, as you shall never see me no more in these clothes.” This shows how Joe feels that they can’t be together in public and that things will never be the same in Pip’s life as his relationship and the things he once knew are changing.This shows how status and class during that time were very important in the book with the way people were treated and in relationship to who they could talk to. I found it kind of sad how Joe is acting like this towards Pip when they used to be so close and how easily money can corrupt the way things were.