Joe is a really simple name. So, in relation to that, Joe in Great Expectations is a simple, good and moral character. Joe does non alter at all in the book. He begins the book demoing his good nature and generousness when, after purportedly being robbed by the inmate, he was happy that the inmate did non hunger. And in the center of the book, after all Pip had done to him after he became a? gentleman? , Joe was still loving and fond towards him when he became ill. Besides, throughout the book, Joe was proud to be who he was. He ne’er wanted any belongings or money. Even when Mr. Jaggers offered him money because he would non hold Pip as his learner any longer, he did non accept it.
In contrast, Estella is a really dynamic character ; she goes from being a miss with a bosom of ice to a sensitive adult female, although the alteration in her takes topographic point tardily in the book.
At the start of the book Estella is very mean and insulting to Pip. This is not her own nature, and that is why it is possible for her to change into a better person. Estella was brought up by Miss Havisham to crush the hearts of all men, so that is what she does to Pip. Since Miss Havisham is the only family Estella has ever known, she is bound to her. Since she is bound to Miss Havisham, she is obligated to serve as her tool of vengeance. But, when Miss Havisham dies, that bond is gone and more of Estella’s true nature can come out. Since Estella is, at heart, a well-meaning person, she does soften up. This occurs after she has experienced hard times as Bentley Drummle’s wife, wich forces her to convert, and her cruel personality is finally destroyed by her true nature. At the end of the book Pip realizes that she has changed and thinks: “…what I had never seen before, was the saddened softened light of the once proud eyes; what I had never felt before, was the friendly touch of the once insensible hand.” .
