REUNION WITH GENTLEMAN’S PAST

With Pip finally living the good life, he believes that his pervious life is finally behind him. Eating, living, and dressing like a gentlemen with connections and friends, almost out of nowhere a blast from the past arrives in the form of a letter from Biddy. Detailing how life is back in the country, the letter also says how Joe is planning on visiting Pip in London.

A wave of shock and dread filled Pip’s mind, uneager to meet the very man that raised him right. Their meeting was much more platonic, straightforward, and awkward than it would’ve been many years ago. Joe’s nervousness led him to act in a manner that embarrassed Pip in front of Herbert, his gentlemanly associate. Eventually, Joe revealed that the real reason he came to visit was to pass on the message that Miss Havisham wished to see Pip, a revelation which completely changed Pip’s viewpoint on Joe.

Pip’s shame and guilt would return once again; despite knowing that Joe was the one father figure in his life who raised him, he still prefers to ignore him and leave him behind in his “common” life and memories. At this point, Pip’s personality and viewpoint changes drastically, essentially turning into a “jerk.” Giving Joe a hard time until he reveals knowledge which benefits Pip is something not usually done, especially done to a person so close. However, it would appear that, in Pip’s case, the ones he care the most for are also the ones he treats the worst.