Why do joe and orlick fight

Joe's mood. They are all shocked at amount of money and Pumblechook immediately takes them to the Court to have Pip bound, hauling Pip along so that others think he is a criminal. Later they go out to dinner and celebrate with the Hubbles and Mr.

Wopsle, but Pip is tired and morose. He no longer wants to work in the forge. Pip fulfills his obligations but he is unhappy. It is endless drudgery and he fears Estella will see him in the forge with blackened face and hands, doing his coarse work.

As he is too old for evening school, he now teaches himself from books and tries to teach Joe as well so as not to be so ashamed of the man. One day, Pip talks of going to visit Miss Havisham. Joe points out that it is a bad idea, but finally gives Pip a holiday to do it.

Orlick, a journeyman in the forge who is jealous of Pip, also asks for time off. Joe protests it all and gets into an argument with Orlick that eventually requires that Joe fight Orlick to defend his wife's honor. Joe bests Orlick and the two make amends over a beer.

Pip's visit to Miss Havisham is a disaster. She tells him Estella is in Paris, taunts him about losing her, and dismisses him with the request that he return on his birthdays. They run into Orlick, who has been lurking in the shadows. Miss Havisham tells Pip that Estella is abroad, being educated.

Miss Havisham continues to be cruel to Pip, despite his friendly intentions. On the way home, Pip meets Wopsle and is persuaded to join him and Pumblechook for the evening.

When they head for home they come across Orlick who is waiting beside the road and says he has been to London. He points out that the guns at the hulks are firing, showing that a prisoner has escaped. On returning to the forge, Pip finds his sister unconscious.

Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Study Guide. By Charles Dickens. Previous Next. Chapter 15 When Pip has learned about all he can from Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt, he begs Biddy to teach him everything she knows.

Which she does. He also tries to teach Joe everything that he learns in a way of helping Joe become more educated, and, thus, more worthy of Pip's company. How nice. Pip and Joe go to the old Battery on the marshes for their lessons on Sundays, but Joe isn't the most attentive student.

Pip, too, spends most of his time looking at the sails on the horizon and dreaming of Estella and Satis House. One Sunday, when Pip and Joe are hanging out at the battery, Pip asks Joe if he can take half a day off of work so that he can go visit Miss Havisham. Joe doesn't think this is a good idea. He remembers Miss Havisham's last words warning Joe never to ask for more money than she's already given.

Joe is worried that if Pip visits her, she will feel like he's returned to butter her up for more dough. After they go back and forth, Joe finally agrees to give Pip a half day. Pip isn't the only one at the smithy. Joe also employs a burly, gruff looking man named Orlick.