What do women desire the most?

The Canterbury Tale we read showed to us what I woman from the 14th century wanted. How different she was from the rest of them, and how truly she tried to be with her heart and desires.

Women desire the most what is in their hearts, and because we are all different human beings, we must have different desires inside of it. Some of us may want be understood, some others be safe and loved; a group may want to be respected and independent and some others feel free to do what they want.

However, most women would wish to receive and give love; receive appreciation for what they do and in my personal case, be remembered for the ones I loved. I want my life to be important for somebody else. I want to make a change, but what I want the most is to be remember for what I did and what I could change in other’s lives: my future students, my friends and people I can meet along the way.

Is that much to ask? Can I be remembered as I want? I have to do my best to live a life that has the characteristics of a good life, being myself and respecting others as I wanted to be respected.

What do we mean by truth?

As Mr. Chaucer wrote, the truth has to do with the reality in which you live. I think he called his poem “Truth” because it was a way of showing what he saw in those days and what most people believe was real.
For example, when he talked about “For greed entails hate and social climbing uncertainty…” I believe he tries to show a social issue that happened in the past, and that also has an influence in the present. Having money is equal to having power and it is something that most people want to accomplish to be successful; it seems to be an element from our days but we can see it was an issue already in the past, as part of a big truth.
My feelings about this poem have relationship with what I interpret from Chaucer point of view about religion. At the beginning I was confused, I was not sure if he was criticizing religion or making fun of it. Then, I just figure out that he was showing the role it played in society. So now, I am still confused. I know what he wrote but I am not quite sure if I know that he felt. Poetry is an art, it is written by one but interpret by many.

My definition of an Epic Poem

An epic poem is a story; a fictional situation set in the past. It can be written now or then but it uses an outstanding character who has the courage to confront anything to save someone else. I believe there must be a hero and a difficulty to solve and a message for everyone who reads it. Although, the story is the same I think the message is going to be received/perceived in many different ways.

Being an active reader will be always important because an epic poem could be very different from our own lives, however, we can use our experiences to make it ours.