He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow,–a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness.
Joe’s “fair” looks and his genial and kind nature contrast with Mrs. Joe’s violent, angry, and generally unpleasant character.
Dickens describes Joe as “foolish.” He doesn’t possess a great deal of traditional intelligence, a quality that Mrs. Joe exploit
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Joe and I being fellow-sufferers, and having confidences as such
Shows an innocent bond between Joe and Pip.
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I always treated him as a larger species of child, and as no more than my equal. (Pip)
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Joe's station and influence were something feebler (if possible) when there was company than when there was none. But he always aided and comforted me when he could, in some way of his own, and he always did so at dinner-time by giving me gravy, if there
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Joe gave me some more gravy.
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Shows an innocent bond between Joe and Pip.
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Joe and I being fellow-sufferers, and having confidences as such
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