Subscribe for ad free access & additional features for teachers. Authors: 267, Books: 3,607, Poems & Short Stories: 4,435, Forum Members: 71,154, Forum Posts: 1,238,602, Quizzes: 344 CHAPTER 7 Pip was just learning to read when the situation with the convict occurred. His comprehension of what he read off tombstones and in his catechism often isn't correct. It is planned that Pip will be Joe's apprentice when he gets older. However, not wanting Pip to be pampered, his sister has him employed as an oddboy around the forge and is let out to neighbors to do errands. His earnings are given to his sister. Mr. Wopsle's great aunt runs an evening school in the village and keeps a general store. She is incompetent at managing both. Her granddaughter helps Pip learn to read. A year after the in

