Great Expectations is an 1861 novel by Charles Dickens. The narrator describes his uncle, Joe Gargery, as being both powerful and tender:
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mediumWhich quotation from Great Expectations most effectively illustrates the claim?
A
“There I stood, for minutes, looking at Joe, already at work with a glow of health and strength upon his face that made it show as if the bright sun of the life in store for him were shining on it.”
B
“In his working-clothes, Joe was a well-knit characteristic-looking blacksmith; in his holiday clothes, he was more like a scarecrow in good circumstances, than anything else.”
C
“I have often thought [Joe] since, like the steam-hammer that can crush a man or pat an egg-shell, in his combination of strength with gentleness”
D
“Estella opened the gate as usual, and, the moment she appeared, Joe took his hat off and stood weighing it by the brim in both his hands.”