Describe the tone of the conversation between the friar and the summoner. how do these exchanges affect the portrayal of the pilgrims

The Friar and the Summoner tell tales of mockery about one another. The Friar has no respect for the Summoner and holds him in disdain.

The Friar's Tale humiliates and degrades members of a certain profession.

The main character of the Friar's Tale is an impersonal representation of all summoners.

The tone of the coversation between these two characters of the Canterbury Tales is that of animosity and humour.

Explanation:

It was well known at the time that there was a mutual dislike between the professions of Friars and Summoners. In particular, the Friar of the Canterbury Tales thinks that all summoners are corrupt and acuses them of briving people to avoid being charged. The Summoner thinks friars are hypocrites in that their lifestyle doens't match the church's standards. This animosity is reflected in the tone of the conversation between them. They express themselves verbally attacking the other in a mocking tone. Humour is what prevails in this exchange. For instance, the Friar laughs at the too long preamble of the Wife of Bath. So here comes the comment of the Summoner, who criticizes the Friar' interruption and compares him to a housefly. He accuses him of ruining all the fun and makes everybody who is around notice this. In response to this, The Friar doesn't feel sorry for interrupting. Instead he threatens to tell a story about a summoner and that everybody will laugh about it. In return, The Friar raises the bet by threating to know two or three tales about friars, tales where friars are humiliated. All in all, they mock each other, showing no remorse of the dislike for each other and seem to want people to know how corrupt and unethical both are..

Through this conversation, the Friar and the Summoner show us who they really are and their behavior deepends what people may think of them. They are not worthy of their professions, they don't seem to behave as they should and they don't even try to hide who they really are.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.