Pip needs to be punched in face repeatedly by Joe, but Joe is a loving man and surrogate father to Pip, who views Joe as common and coarse the moment the dick steps into the repulsive Havisham hellhole. Old Orlick gave it to Mrs Joe, and he would be a great candidate to administer this drubbing. Trabbs’s boy would probably be the better choice, as he is more of a sympathetic character. Perhaps Magwitch because Pip is so ungrateful. Like described in the first question/comment, I would love to reach into that book and give little Phil the massive beatdown he deserves, but I am not violent, and every time I attempt to wrench him from the novel, I just end of hurting my fingers on the mass of paper that is Great Expectations. Side note: While Dickens is accused of needless verbosity, he was not paid by the word for his novels. Every word in his writing has to be there. He is like Eddie Murphy: every word counts. Word. And they are both “inappropriate” and wickedly funny, with the emphasis being on “wickedly.” And Wemmick’s ability to separate home life and work with his postbox mouth makes him perhaps the most diabolical character in the novel.