Great Expectations (23-24)

What is "the acquisition of plebian domestic knowledge?" (page 188, first paragraph)

I found the second paragraph on page 188 comical because of the way it was written. Mrs. Pocket's parent is only referred to as "the judicious parent" and it is told in an almost parody of the story.

I really like on page 188, last paragraph when Pip says, "Both Mr. and Mrs. pocket had such a noticeable air of being in someone else's hands..." I think it was just a very clever way of putting it, rather than saying something like, "Mr. and Mrs. Pocket did not own the home." Instead, it gives an image and new feeling to Mr. and Mrs. Pocket.

From page 191 to page 192, with the scene regarding Mrs. Pocket and her baby, it seems she really did not know her own baby, that she didn't even know how to hold him. It seemed that one of her young daughters knew more than she did about the baby. It was a pitiful scene that she didn't know how to care for her own child because she was so dependent on the nurses.

Through chapter 23, my indifference towards Mrs. Pocket became dislike. Mrs. Pocket cares to much about her family's title or what it what have been, that her pride blinds her. It makes her seem a bit stupid- from arguing with her husband about the cook to not being able to care for her own baby. It makes the reader fell bad for Mr. Pocket because he has to deal with her.

I do not understand the point of Dummle and Startop. Nor do I understand their names. I don't understand why they are staying with the Pockets. It makes the Pocket house seem like a boarding home.

I have a newfound respect for Jaggers, but respect fueled by intimidation. The way people act around him- even the judge was uncomfortable- he seems to be very powerful and intimidating in a ruthless way.

But then I compare Jaggers to Wemmick and it makes Wemmick seem very kind.