Great Expectations, Chapter 15: samenvatting

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1. Pip’s schooling ends, and he tries teaching Joe while hoping to make him less vulnerable to Estella’s judgment.
2. Joe grants a half-holiday, but Orlick’s demand for equal treatment sparks a quarrel with Pip’s sister and a fight with Joe.
3. Miss Havisham invites occasional visits but taunts Pip with news of Estella’s education abroad.
4. Mr. Wopsle takes Pip to Pumblechook’s, where a dramatic reading makes Pip feel accused of the apprentice character’s crimes.
5. Pip and Mr. Wopsle meet Orlick on their misty walk home and hear guns announcing escaped prisoners.
6. They reach the village, hear alarming news, and find Pip’s sister unconscious after a blow from an unknown attacker.

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Pip admits that his teaching mixes concern for Joe with social pride. Estella’s imagined judgment shapes how he values his closest companion.

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