m but from the choices he makes such as helping out the convict and then lying about shows that Pip has is cowardly. When Pip as an adult speaks of the night of the convict he explains, "In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong" (40 Dickens). This sums up a lot about Pip and who he continues to be during his pursuit to be a gentleman. He knows better but he does not care. Even though he loves Joe, he allows social status to affect his opinion of him.
             As Pip drifts from Joe, Joe continues to try and guide Pip to being a good person. When Pip receives his fortune Joe and begins to neglect Joe, Joe pays little attention and does everything he can to stay in Pip's life and show him he cares. Despite the guilt Pip feels about this relationship, Pip does little to change it. However, Joe explains their drifting saying, "Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together, as I may say, and one man's a blacksmith, and one's a whitesmith, and one's a goldsmith, and one's a coppersmith. Divisions among such must come, and must be met as they come" (223 Dickens) but when Pip needs someone most, Joe is by his side taking care of him as if nothing had changed from when Pip was a little boy. Pip finally realizes just what Joe has done for him throughout his life and the sacrifices Joe made for Pip.
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