Chaucer's narrator describes characters from all walks of life and a range of social positions. does the narrator appear to hold more favorable views of people from one class or background over another? use at least three of the characters from the general prologue in your response. your answer should be at least 250 words.

The narrator's voice in the "Canterbury Tales" and "Troilus and Crisseyde" create the perfect settings to portray and depict medieval times lifestyle. He used pilgrimage as a way to bring people from different all classes, backgrounds and social contexts together and gave them the opportunity to interact with each other. Normally it would have been in extremely difficult for a noble knight and a miller to have some sort of social contact with each other, due to the fact of their social status because in this time period ranking would have been an impediment. All of the characters were able intermingle and to be able to listen to the marvelous tales that each one of them had to tell.

Before the Chaucer continues on into the tales, he first describes each of the circumstances and the current social rank of each one of the pilgrims. He describes each one in turn, starting with the highest status individuals, to him at least, to the lowest. Chaucer's voice, changes based on how he perceives each character. By just reading the script it is not always easy to determine the author's view point, but the narrator does appear to hold more favorable views of certain people who think similarly to him.

the following key ideas correctly express the key sentence.

restate key idea: most people can learn to swim in ten short lessons.

restate key idea: the majority of water-accident victims require mouth-to-mouth breathing.

restate key idea: an empty, tightly closed gallon jug will support a tired swimmer.  

restate key idea: first aid is to prevent accidents as well as assist in rescue.

explanation: the key idea needs to have the same topic as the key sentence (drowning and safety).

the correct order is:

you're your own worst enemy:

they're going to say what they say, but

their opinions aren't holding you

back. it's your self-defeatist

attitude that's keeping your work

from getting its due.