Response to question

by: Karla Gomez

Re-read Pip’s speech to Biddy and Joe (483- 484). What does he say? Why is his speech significant?

    Throughout most of the novel, Biddy represents the opposite of Estella; she is plain, kind, moral, and of Pip’s own social class., but their relationship goes nowhere as Pip love for estella is still alive so she marries Joe.he begs Joe and Biddy to forgive him all his ungrateful behaviour and begs them both that in future when they have a son of their own they should not tell their son how thankless and ungenerous he has been. Both Joe and Biddly of course refuse to do just that. “But I must say more. Dear Joe, I hope you will have children to love, and that some little fellow will sit in this chimney corner of a winter night, who may remind you of another little fellow gone out of it for ever. Don't tell him, Joe, that I was thankless; don't tell him, Biddy.”Pip has decided to remain a bachelor for the rest of his life consequent to his failure of his 'expectations' in getting married either to Estella or Biddy and he begs Biddy to allow him to adopt their son Pip. Biddy refuses saying that he must get married and have children of his own.