Making Connections

       I think  Great Expectations and the book The Joy Luck Club are similar. In TJLC four Chinese woman move to San Francisco to make better lives for themselves. The didn't speak English or have any money but they knew that it would be a better life for their children. Through out the book the children grow but don't realize that their mothers left there family and friends so that they can have a better life, in where they can make and reach their dreams.

       This is similar to GE because Pip has dreamed of becoming a gentle man and Joe knew it. Although he wanted Pip to stay and apprentice him, he knew that Pip would never be happy there. So Joe let Pip go to London and tackle his dreams. Joe put aside his happiness for Pips. When Pip left for London he was still young and didn't realize what Joe had done for him. 

       Joe and the four Mothers are obviously alike, both are parents. They care for their children, both put the children first which nobody can argue with but its how both the children and Pip acted. In TJLC the children realize what their mothers did for them, leaving their friends and family behind. But the question is, will Pip realize what Joe did for him?