My Friend Joe

Mikayla Fraire Joe Gargery is known in the first chapters as a brother-in-law and a friend to Pip, a husband and blacksmith. Joe gives Pip not only a friend figure but also a father figure as Pip is growing up, telling him the rights and wrongs from experience to the most of his ability. Joe also has a weakness, he his uneducated due to his harsh childhood. In chapter two, Pip describes Joe Gargery as “a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy going, foolish, dear fellow-a sort of Hercules in

Emmie’s friend since they were little so that was the only person Emmie was comfortable talking to. Then at the end of the story, Emmie had enough she stood up to the bully Joe, became friends with her crush, and made more friends. When I was younger I had trouble fitting in my school, because I was antisocial but one day I made a funny joke, and then I heard them laugh, and then I knew that I shouldn’t be antisocial especially during my childhood. Your childhood is where you should make friends and

After the shooting everybody left the Mike’s house. It is also I do not know why everybody left. Because if my friend was shot by somebody, I will help immediately. Therefore, I do not know why everybody left.

Charlie’s dad has been missing ever since he joined the United States Navy, which was before Charlie was alive. It is clear that Charlie misses his dad, whom he did not know personally: “Someday, I would love to finally find my dad and take him to a football game to show my appreciation of his service to our country, while getting to learn more about him and his past” (Lupica 47). This quote does not indicate that Charlie feels disappointed and angry that he is not able to spend time with his dad

In the coming of age story, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, there are many depictions of reversed gender roles, and many of the main characters thrive in unconventional situations. This is shown through the relationships between Pip, Joe, and Mrs. Joe, Miss Havisham, Mr. Pumblechook, and Mr. Jaggers. Looking into Dickens’s life and why he wrote it the way he did goes all the way back to his childhood. (here again, emphasis the topsy-turvy ness

wanted to be around, and that kids name was Joe. All the kids in the neighborhood would like to have fun, including me and Joe, but joe was different. He was from the country so he was tough. I so come to learn the joe was the wisest among my group of friends so I started looking up the him. He would always take me through the woods and always told me not to whine when I got hurt. So I started becoming tougher and tougher until I felt I wasn't a little kid. Joe always liked to box, so almost every day

but these songs work because they are so relatable to not only my life but many others. The song “Fifteen” by Taylor Swift, takes me back to my freshman year of high school every time I hear it. This song makes me think of my first day of high school, my first “love”, and friends. When I was fifteen everything seemed so easy, school, my friendships, and my relationship. Little did I know when I was fifteen and just a freshman, that my life was going to change forever. I remember walking into Assumption

Joe Coutts experiences a state of fragmentation in his world when his mother is raped, causing him to make abrupt decisions in efforts restore his ‘normal’ life, which often leads to trouble. Joe’s mother being in a depression causes him to feel alone because he wants to be noticed by his family and wants to be able to seek their help. Joe starts to feel this loneliness when his mother accidentally hits him in the jaw when she is awoken by Joe sitting on the bed. After a few days he indicates his

the king. The skilled archaeologist named Joe, who is rather large, but fast on his feet. Joe wants to bring one of his best friend on the trip to Africa, to find the tomb. Many people around the village where the tomb is, people don’t want anyone to go in. The tomb was cursed by an evil witch who kills everyone who enters with her secret army in the tombs. A giant maze goes around the whole tomb making it almost impossible to go into the tombs. Joe brings a survival kit with flares and knives

with many relationships throughout his journey and the specific relationship I'm going to focus on is his relationship with Joe. Pip and Joe's relationship helps me understand the overall meaning of the novel by pointing out their relationship from beginning to the end, and classism. Pip and Joe’s relationship from the beginning was good. Pip’s view on Joe’s appearance is, “Joe was a fair man, with curls of flaxen hair on each side of his smooth face, and with eyes such a very undecided blue that seemed