How does PIP meet Mr Jaggers?
Pip is supposed to meet Jaggers at his law office. When he arrives at Jaggers’ office there are many people waiting outside to speak with Jaggers about their cases or about the cases of their relatives. Mr. Jaggers is rude to all of them.
Does Pip look up to Jaggers?
Mr Jaggers first appears as an unnamed character who passes Pip on the stairs at Miss Havisham’s house. He never tells anyone more than he needs to and gives Pip no clues as to where the money has come from.
What information does Pip tell Jaggers that surprises Jaggers?
Jaggers and Wemmick scold Pip for not asking for money for himself. Pip then explains that he knows who Estella’s father is. When he names Provis (a.k.a. Magwitch), Jaggers is certainly surprised, but goes on with business as usual.
What does PIP think of Jaggers?
Pip is amazed at the power that Mr. Jaggers seems to possess over his clients whom he addresses as “blundering buffoons” while pushing others aside or threatening to not help them.
Why does Pip go to visit Jaggers?
Pip, Herbert, Drummle, and Startop meet Jaggers at his office because he has invited them to his house for dinner. Pip has previously seen Jaggers’ cleaning ritual of meticulously washing his hands between court cases or clients.
What does Miss Havisham reveal to pip?
Pip reminds Herbert to tell him Miss Havisham’s story. This is Herbert’s account of Miss Havisham: She was a spoiled little only child until her dad (a country gentleman who owned a brewery) secretly married a cook. When the cook died, he told Miss Havisham that she had a half-brother named Arthur.
How does Jaggers react when Pip asks for money?
He is suddenly happy. He tells Pip not to talk about it ever again. He tells Pip not to talk about it in London.
What does Pip decide to do with part of his inheritance?
His decision to use his large income to help Herbert—being “very desirous,” as he says, “to serve a friend”—allows him to share his good fortune with a friend in need. Ironically, Pip adopts secrecy even as he is most anxious to know the identity of his own secret benefactor.
What does Joe Call Pip How does PIP react?
Joe tells Pip that he is out of place in London, for he belongs on the forge: Because Pip seems like he belongs in that company, Joe calls him “sir.”
How does Pip get with orlick?
To get even with Orlick, Pip informs Jaggers about his untrustworthy nature and gets Orlick sacked from his post as guardsman at Satis House. Pip relieves his guilt about not visiting Joe by having a cod and barrel of oysters sent to the forge. Pip confesses that he loves Estella when he returns to Herbert in London.