Over the past several days, I have gotten to know Mr. Jaggers, Mr. Wemmick, and the Pockets. Mr. Jaggers' name says it all. He is a cruel, abrupt, man who lacks emotion. His home life isn't much different; Jaggers seems to bring out the worst in people and even got me into an argument with Drummle. Mr. Wemmick is Mr. Jaggers' clerk, and his home life differs greatly from his work life. He lives in basically a small castle with a drawbridge, flags, and a moat. He is a very nice man and I think that we will be friends. Matthew Pocket, my new tutor, lives with his wife, Sarah, and several children. Two servants named Flopson and Miller run the household and raise the children. Mrs. Pocket is clueless and only cares about the fact that her father was a knight. I also met and befriended Herbert Pocket, who turned out to be the pale young gentleman from Miss Havisham's. Last but not least, I have gotten to know Drummle and Startop, two other students of Mr. Pocket. I am finally feeling like I have friends, and there is some enjoyment in this new upper-class life.
"Still, Mrs. Pocket was in general the object of a queer sort of respectful pity, because she had not married a title; while Mr. Pocket was the object of a queer sort of forgiving reproach, because he had never got one."
-Pip explaining Mrs. Pocket and her concern over titles, page 200
"By degrees, Wemmick got dryer and harder as we went along, and his mouth tightened into a post-office again. At last, when we got to his place of business and he pulled out his key from his coat-collar, he looked as unconscious..."
-Pip describing Wemmick's home life vs. business life, page 222
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