In the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer satirizes the monk because he is one of the clergy who is the most immoral. He shows that he does not like the rules he has to follow by doing the opposite of what monks are supposed to do. Chaucer explains how different the monk acts from the others, and how his thought process works. He says, “He had a wrought-gold cunningly fashioned pin” (Chaucer 200) which is describes the monk as being selfish, and greedy with his status. Another oath the monk had not followed was the oath of stability, which means you commit yourself to the church, or monastery, for example, Chaucer says,” Was he to leave the world upon the shelf?” (Chaucer 191) meaning that he didn’t want to follow the path to the world of kindness,