Joe's love for Pip...

"Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together, and as I may say, one man's a blacksmith, one's a whitesmith and one's a goldsmith, and one's a coppersmith. Diwisioins among such must come, and must be met as they come.'" (Pg. 223)

Many ask themselves what that means or what the significance is or greatness is in that quote; it may be different to many other people but really if you think about it, it is talking about love and family. Joe is talking to Pip about how Pip has a new home in London and how he is still working at the forge as a blacksmith where Pip could have been if he hadn’t left. Pip left his family for money, thinking that it would make him have a better life and that it would take him somewhere, even though he was always loved when he was at home with Joe, Mrs. Gargery and Biddy and he just never realized it. When Pip head off for London, he leaves behind something very important—his family’s love, and that is what Joe is trying to tell Pip.

There is another part of quote that may not be so noticeable; Joe is saying that even though Pip really left for the wrong reason and that he should still remember his family’s love for him, Joe is trying to tell him that at some point in time you have to leave the ones that love you so dearly and move on with your life and do what you think is best for yourself.

That is what Joe is trying to get across with saying “one man’s a blacksmith, ones’ a whitesmith and one’s a goldsmith, and one’s a coppersmith…” he is showing Pip that everyone may be different and that Pip had left to become someone else but that even though he is away from his family he should always remember their love for him and he should always love them too.