"Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself."Growing up without a mother and father, Pip is raised by his sister, "Mrs. Joe" and her husband. Charles Dickens developes Mrs. Joe into a stern character radiating with a quality that makes a lot of other characters uneasy. Although she is completely harsh and cold towards Pip, she brags to others about how she was able to raise Pip all by herself. However, although they do live under the same roof, she does not raise Pip - Joe does. Moments before her death, she reflects back on her life, and realizes how poorly she treated Joe and Pip. She then decides to apologize although it is their decision whether or not to except.
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