“He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow,--a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness.”(Ch.2) Joe Gargery is the perfect example of how a good heart and nature is not defined by your education or where you come from. Gargery is described in such a way that you can’t help but give so much sympathy and respect to his character. Although Joe is kept from being the perfect character by having flaws that are immensely tragic, such as having no education and failing to better protect Pip from his sister when Pip was a child.
Despite these flaws they are understandable enough that they do not take away the respect you have for him. Respect for his character is proved by how his natural hard-working …show more content…
His forgiveness is further shown with Mrs. Joe Gargery, instead of reacting with the same amount of mistreatment, he understands her actions and remembers her better times.
Knowing that abuse does nothing for woman, his example of this being his own mother and father. Despite Joe’s absent education, there is a sense of immensely deep wisdom that can only be gained by real world experiences. His wisdom triumphs his education, that and his abundance of patience and peace is what makes him such a likable character within “Great Expectations”.
Pip is a character of much more complexity, Pip to some, is the perfect story of a man who goes from rags to riches. To others, he’s nothing more than a man who has consistently fallen to the harsh reality of lust. He wants so much from life, "Biddy," said I, after binding her to secrecy, "I want to be a gentleman." (Ch. 17). One of which is being a “Gentleman,” upon reaching the role as a “Gentleman” he thinks then he’ll be good enough for Estella, yet another fake character.
Pip is a tragic character in the end basically. Rag to Riches? That was only a state of mind he had, then the sad, depressing, pondering truth is let out by yet another fake
Despite these flaws they are understandable enough that they do not take away the respect you have for him. Respect for his character is proved by how his natural hard-working …show more content…
His forgiveness is further shown with Mrs. Joe Gargery, instead of reacting with the same amount of mistreatment, he understands her actions and remembers her better times.
Knowing that abuse does nothing for woman, his example of this being his own mother and father. Despite Joe’s absent education, there is a sense of immensely deep wisdom that can only be gained by real world experiences. His wisdom triumphs his education, that and his abundance of patience and peace is what makes him such a likable character within “Great Expectations”.
Pip is a character of much more complexity, Pip to some, is the perfect story of a man who goes from rags to riches. To others, he’s nothing more than a man who has consistently fallen to the harsh reality of lust. He wants so much from life, "Biddy," said I, after binding her to secrecy, "I want to be a gentleman." (Ch. 17). One of which is being a “Gentleman,” upon reaching the role as a “Gentleman” he thinks then he’ll be good enough for Estella, yet another fake character.
Pip is a tragic character in the end basically. Rag to Riches? That was only a state of mind he had, then the sad, depressing, pondering truth is let out by yet another fake