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How does Joe react when Pip tells him the truth? What does this reveal about Joe?

 

sus r #260589
Aug 11, 2012 1:01 AM

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How does Joe react when Pip tells him the truth? What does this reveal about Joe?

in chapter 9

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Aslan
Aug 11, 2012 1:09 AM

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Later, Pip tells Joe the truth, and also confesses that he is embarrassed about being a "commoner" because of his attraction to Estella.
Joe reassures him that he is not common, he is uncommon small and an uncommon scholar. Referring to Pip's lies, he adds, "If you can't get to be oncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked."

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Aslan
Aug 11, 2012 1:23 AM

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THis tells us that Joe understands Pip. He knows what Pip wants to be and he is able to keep Pip grounded despite his eagerness to become a "gentleman".
 

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