The Way of a Pilgrim

In 1818 A.D, After Christians reclaimed the holy land of Jerusalem, Hugues de Payen and eight other French Catholic knights formed a monastic military order to protect the Pilgrims from bandits on their way to Palestine. With very little money and resources, the Templar launched their mission from the Temple of Solomon and with much determination and hunger for power, the Knights Templar became the strongest wall of Christian World. With vast wealth and treasure along with their fighting…

The next one I write is going to be fun. ….. It began like this: Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. It ends like this: Poo-tee-weet.” Vonnegut was a writer and author of many books and was in World War II as a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany. I think that Vonnegut wrote this book as way to tell people about Dresden and the…

corrupt pilgrim among all of the travelers. The travelers are all members of the English society. The narrator of the prologue, Chaucer, along with the other travelers are on a pilgrimage to the shrine at Canterbury. While on this pilgrimage each traveler is to tell two stories going and two stories coming back, to keep everyone entertained. Before the travelers began telling their stories, the narrator describes and introduces them to the reader. Chaucer’s purpose of introducing the pilgrims is…

given, but only when “he could hope to make a decent living” (1.228). This means that in order to receive forgiveness by the Friar the confessor will have to give the Friar a nice gift, or a gift of money. By receiving nice gifts and money is the only way the Friar can live the decent lifestyle he wants to live. Friars are not supposed to live decent lifestyles and enjoy lavish gifts, but this Friar did. Along with the wrongful selling…

having to pick the very best one. In Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales, there are 29 pilgrimes in which they are making a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Each pilgrim is to tell at least a tale to and from Canterbury, resulting in 120 tales in which Chaucer was only able to record 24 tales. Within the telling of these stories, there is a contest in which the pilgrim, the Host, chooses the best Tale. In selecting the winning tale the story must meet the criteria of being morally sound as well as…

The Mayflower Compact: A Young Person’s Perspective- Historical, Present-day Societies, and Personal. Historical: The signers of the Mayflower Compact had a variety of motivations in the creation of their founding document. The pilgrims that had come seeking a new home in the new world found themselves outside of the jurisdiction of the Virginia charter, and there were mutterings of mutiny among the voyagers. One of the primary motivations in the writing of the compact was to establish the rule…

“Thanksgiving or Day of Mourning” The Thanksgiving story is taught in classrooms across america. It involves Pilgrims, Indians, and a feast. Most americans observe this day as one of celebration. It is a gathering together with friends, family, and food. But not all people agree this is a happy day. Some Native American believe it should be a time of mourning. According to Terri Andrews, There are myths surrounding the Thanksgiving Story around the that need more examination. Most Americans…

resources, just not the trip home. On the other hand, however, Ed Regis contends that Mars is a miserable planet that is not worth the effort. After reviewing both articles, I have come to agree with Krauss in most aspects, and most certainly that a one-way trip to mars is the preferable option, because it would best fit our scientific needs regarding exploration as well as species expansion and data collection.…

From the very beginning of time, the men and woman of Yankeedom or currently known as New England, are one of the major factors in founding the United States. The area of Yankeedom was originally founded by Pilgrims and Puritans to recreate an English life, one filled with religious freedom, education, and open land. As the years went by, this idea was the root of their society. As more and more nations began to grow and expand across the nation, Yankeedom was traditionally the role model. Major…

The article “What is Mob Mentality?” by S.E. Smith states that mob mentality is changing the way people behave when a part of a large group. In her article “How Riots Work”, Molly Edmonds says that mobs were often composed of people doing things they would not normally do, due to the lack of justification for their actions. People can subconsciously…