Worldly goods vs. Spirituality

      After reading Everyman, some people in the class discussed their view on worldly goods versus spirituality. Personally I feel like spirituality is much more important than worldly goods because according to my belief our lives on this earth are only a blink of an eye compared to our lives after death.  In my religion we are told to give to those less fortunate than ourselves and to tithe, however some may interpret that into giving up all earthly possessions. I see this more my religion saying not to allow your worldly possessions or love of possessions let you fall into sin, and if you find God then you will have no strong desire or love for worldly possessions it will be directed to God. When I think of the argument between worldly possessions and spirituality I put a lot of thought into it, being a teenager I do enjoy belongings and material things. Ultimately material things break and wear out, while God will not leave me and will give me hope for the next life, not just this one. As I said before though I do enjoy goods and look forward to living well but, I do give to others what I can whether it be time or money.

The Canterbury Tales

As I was reading The Canterbury Tales I found that I could not get through it because of the spelling so I looked online and found extremely long rewritings of the stories. The rewritten story was interesting, I loved to read them but I found that I still needed spark notes to help me fully understand the story. I would recommend these to anyone because I feel like most people would enjoy these tales, if they can get through the language. The Canterbury Tales had many religious references and somewhat, in my opinion, mocked some of the people who were deeply involved in their religions almost saying that they were not what they said they were and they were hypocritical. During the time that Chaucer wrote the tales, the black death had left the Church questionable. Personally though I thought it was hard to get past the way it was written and the spelling of the time was atrocious in today's standards which had my spelling meter through the roof and was almost quite literally driving me up a wall. Overall I enjoyed the tales after I figured out what they were about.

Gilbert the Street Artist

Gilbert is a Disney loving street artist who plays the accordion for money. He is tall and lanky and has long curly black hair which he often keeps tied back. Gilbert has seen every Disney movie ever made and played every Disney song known to man on his accordion. He babysits on the side to raise more money to fulfill his dream of one day visiting Disney world. Gilbert loves to wear his plaid pants and tweed jacket and has seven of each, one for everyday of the week. After Gilbert's trip to Disney world he will be completely broke.