Tuesday, October 8, 2013

The Canterbury Tales: Plowman

I am the plowman, and I have been traveling for 1 week with my fellow pilgrims.  It has been a good week, telling stories and getting to know each other very well.  There are some good people on this journey, as well as some very corrupt ones.  Some of the people care more about money and themselves more than they do poor, starving people on the side of the road.  It hurts my heart to see this people suffer.  One of the most greedy people on our journey is the Summoner.  All he cares about is money and the way he looks.  You can tell he is corrupt because of the sores on his face.  I do not get along with him at all.  He also is not a very religious man like myself.  Whenever I try to talk about God or tithing, he interrupts me and changes the subject.

The other day when we were coming into a little village, there were a group of about 6 children playing in the ditch.  They were obviously homeless, and you could see their ribs they were so starved.  It hurt my heart to see this.  I recommended we stop and help them find some food.  The knight agreed with me, but the Summoner refused to stop.  He said we couldn't waste time stopping and helping stupid children.  We argued for about 10 minutes, and finally came to the conclusion that we would stop and help.  It felt so good to stop and help poor little children. Although there are some corrupt people in our group, there are still some very good people among them.