Alexis Brown Professor Navare World Literature November 09, 2015 Reflection Paper Two While preparing to organize my thoughts into this essay, I realized that journey themes are among one of the top widely used elements in Literature. Many of the text we have read this semester has been about different characters on journeys, and in the different text, journeys are supposed to symbolize a characters adventure. This artistic gadget can be connected out of sight, working imperceptibly close by the plot, or it can include the sum of the plot itself so that the majority of the characters encounters are fixated on the trip. There were 4 stories from this semester that I thought all had stories …show more content…
In any case, although these books use an adventure, the sort of trip utilized is to a great degree shifted. There were only two journeys in the first book The Odyssey by Homer. The main journey was Odysseus’s journey to his nostos or as we would say back to his home. Then on the second journey we see Prince Telemachus goes on a journey to Pylos and Sparta, to find his father where his father’s companions inform him that his father is alive and trapped on Calypso’s island. Odysseus longing to return back to his family, “So now all who escaped death in battle or by shipwreck had got safely home except Ulysses, and he, thought he was longing to return to his wife and country, was detained by the goddess Calypso, who had got him into a large cave and wanted to marry him” (Homer Book I). In Odysseus’s adventure we see numerous deterrents that get in his direction including divine beings which …show more content…
The host then decides that while on their journey in order to entertain everyone; everyone should tell stories. Each person should tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and two on the way back from Canterbury. Whoever he picks to be the best story teller would win a free meal from his restaurant. Not long after them leaving they draw straws and whoever has the shortest straw told the first story of the trip. As everyone is continuing to take turns telling stories, two men approached the group; also known as the canon and the yeoman (his servant). The Host invites them to story sharing and ask if they had any stories to share with the group. As the yeoman answers that his master has plenty of stories to tell and begins to tell their life and actions, the Canon who is highly embarrassed finds a way to slip away. The host turns to the last person of the group, the Pardoner to tell his story. The Pardoner explaining on how he pardons, “I only preach of avarice and the like, And in this way induce them to be free In giving cash—especially to me. Because my only interest is in gain; I’ve none whatever in rebuking sin. No, none! When they are pushing up the daises, Their souls, for all I care, can go to blazes” (Canterbury Tales pg. 396). The journey ends as Chaucer makes a