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   Along with being Pip's uncle, Joe is also a father-figure to Pip. He tries to protect Pip from his wife's angry outbursts but sometimes finds that she would hit him and Pip even harder when he tried to protect Pip. However, in spite of that, Joe seems to genuinely loves Pip and is one of Pip's only true friends. Joe is delighted to have Pip for an apprentice but doesn't want to stand in Pip's way. When Pip lies about having the way he spent his first day at Miss Havisham's, he confesses his lie to Joe. Joe lectures Pip on lying and Pip wants Joe" to see him as 'good'".

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   Posted by ms-mcgregor on Monday November 17, 2008 at 7:53 PM