Question

Pip wants Joe to learn to read because he thinks it will

Answer 1

Answer:

A. raise his social status in Estella's eyes.

Explanation:

Charles Dickens' novel "Great Expectations" tells the story of an orphaned boy named Pip, real name Philip who was taken care of by his sister and her husband Mr. Joe Gargery. Though born in poverty, he came upon a beneficiary who raised him to the upper class of the society and made it possible for him to be a part of the high class.

We learn of Joe's incompetency in reading and writing in chapter VII when Pip asked Joe to spell his name or read the alphabets in the newspaper. Joe then tells Pip about his childhood and how he had been difficult for him to get education during his childhood. Pip then suggests that Joe also learn alongside him, though secretly, so as not to seem lowly in the eyes of Miss Havisham or Estella. Then again in Chapter XIX, Pip tells Biddy that Joe is "rather backward in some things. For instance, in his learning and his manners." While his attempt to educate Joe is with a good heart, it is also mostly to impress Estella who he loves.