“…I felt fearfully sensible of the great convenience that the Hulks were handy for me. I was clearly on my way there. I had begun by asking questions, and I was going to rob Mrs. Joe.”
Pip is the main character in the Novel, Great Expectations. The reason that Pip must rob Mrs. Joe is because he needs to get the tools for the convict. He also steals the Pork Pie for the convict to eat. Some evidence to support that he is going to rob her is that he even states, "and I was going to Rob Mrs. Joe." He also states that he feels fearfully sensible. He could possibly be saying that he is "fearful" of what will happen. Will he get caught, or will he get away? He is also saying that he is scared of what the convict will do to him, even though he brought the tools he asked for, will the convict hurt him? The "hulks" in this quote are the convicts that Pip is dealing with. These two convicts include the one that he met in the graveyard, and the one that the first convict is threatening him with, stating that he will take his liver. The reason Pip actually decides to rob Mrs. Joe is because he is threatened to death by the first convict that the second convict will kill him.
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I challenge this post. Pip didn't steal the food in order to help the criminal but instead chose to steal it because he was afraid of "the young man" who was going to kill him. Throughout the first chapter on his way home he said he was looking out for the young boy.
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