What is Pip’s opinion of his home and his apprenticeship to Joe? Why has this opinion changed and what does this tell us about Pip’s character?

Pip explains his misery to his readers: He is ashamed of his home, ashamed of his trade. He wants to be uncommon, he wants to be a gentleman. He wants to be a part of the environment that he had a small taste of at the Satis House.

His greatest fear allies his greatest shame. He fears, beyond everything else, that Estella will see him in his current, dirty, blacksmith state.

****** this is Chapter 14