The Canterbury Tales: Pardoner's Tale

When is the last time you read a Tale or a Story?

What is a Tale anyway?

It has been defined as follows: Tale is a series of events or facts presented (Merriam-Webster.com).

This week we have discussed about tales. We have read "The Canterbury Tales". We even reported in front of the class using PowerPoint presentations and by role playing.  

The Canterbury Tales was written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of 14 century.

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Geoffrey Chaucer is well known as the Father of English Literature (Wikipedia.com).

 The book has many tales, I have read the, "Knight’s Tale", "Miller’s Tale", "Wife of Bath" and "The Pardoner’s Tales". The tale that I like the most is the Pardoner’s Tale.

One of my favorites is “The Pardoner’s Tale”. I like that tale because of the story of three men’s greediness and their friendship was tested. That’s the reasons why it became one of my favorite tales.

A three drunken men was ready to kill because of their friend and all other people who have passed away. An old dying man asked Death to take him, but the old man failed. The old man told the three men that there is a large amount of gold coins at the foot of the three. When they arrived at the Oak Tree they saw a large amount of gold coins. Then they have decided to sleep under an Oak tree, for them to take the coins in the morning. When the morning comes, they talk about who is going to find food and drinks. The youngest of them leave to find food and drinks. When the youngest of them leave, the two men planned to kill the youngest of them. The youngest of them met an old man; the old man gave him a wine with poison. When the youngest of them came back, they stabbed him with a knife on his stomach. Then the two men got the wine and they drink it. The poison made an effect on the two men. Then the two men die. All of them were found dead. That's how the story ended.

Sometimes we need to be contented on what we have. We need to be fair to our fellow friends, family members, and other people. We don’t need to have a big pile of money, every awesome thing in order for us to be cool. “He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me (John Barrymore – thinkexist.com).”

Heroism in a simple way :)

When we hear the word Hero, what comes up to our minds? We think of the heroes of our Country which we called National Heroes like Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio and etc. 

When we are kids we believe that our heroes are Cartoon Characters like Tom and Jerry, Garfield, Phineas and Ferb, and etc. 

But now my mind widely opened, after then I knew who is a true hero. I define Hero as a person that has Courage and ability to do good things for himself/herself or for the good of others. Nowadays, many heroes are now living. We might not know who exactly he/she was. We might not know what exactly he/she did to be a hero. 

But for me, my parents are my Hero.

Why?

Because, I appreciate the help and support that they have done to us every day and every time we need help. They sacrifice their own money to buy me books for this school year. They sacrifice their good night sleep to wake early in the morning to prepare us for school, and to prepare my "baon". My dad leaves the country to work abroad, to send us money; he works very hard to have high salary, for me and my brother to continue school. I know it’s hard not to see my dad for a couple of months or years, but it’s okay, because, he works hard on abroad for our own good. They encourage us to achieve high grades. 

Even though I got 78%-83% of my grades, my dad sends me awesome gifts like an iPod Touch, PS2 and a Rock Band Set. 

Even though I am naughty at school. Even though I was scolded everyday by my teachers. Receive Referral Slips, ADR’s. I still study hard to pay all the sacrifice my mom and my dad that have done to us. My parents are my inspiration to finish high school, and to graduate college. I will finish my Studies to pay their sacrifices and hard works that have been done for us. 

I love my parents so much. I thank God for giving me Parents like them. :)

For you, what is a hero and who is your hero? :)