The Canterbury Tales, is a group of 24 stories by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late 14th century. The tales are part of a storytelling competition held by a group of people as they travel together to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The reward for this competition is a free meal at the Tabard Inn upon their return. In The Generals Prologue, Chaucer begins to describe each person who accompanies him on his pilgrimage. Some of the characters in his story are good, like this knight and yeoman for example, but some of the bad ones were the ones who were supposed to be holy people, like the Pardoner and the Summoner. The Summoner was a church official who was in charge. to summon sinners before ecclesiastical tribunals. Chaucer shows his great hatred for the two characters of the corrupted Summoner and Pardon. He groups them together as partners in a spiritual crime and has the Pardoner accompany his brother the Summoner in a song about immoral love. The summoner has filthy physical features that reflect the disgusting state of his soul. His bright red, pimpled face is a direct result of his sinful and lustful activities. His eating habits are far from sober. His pleasure in eating garlic, onions and leeks and his love of wine further aggravate his physical illness. The summoner looks truly repulsive with oozing blemishes on his cheeks, scabby black eyebrows, and a scruffy beard. It's no surprise that innocent children are afraid of its horrible appearance. Chaucer mockingly approves of the summoner, saying that "there was no more sympathetic rascal to be found." The Summoner would allow a sinner to keep a concubine for an entire year just in exchange for a little wine. He...... middle of paper...... happy and wanton man. He is a pleasure seeker. He is authorized to ask for alms within certain limits assigned to him. He is a formidable and intimidating man and the only member of the four orders of the Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites and Augustinians, who was well versed in the language of romance and flattery. He considers almost all of them to be corrupt members of the Order. Church that only takes care of itself rather than others. Whether it is to fill one's pockets with coins or to fill one's own heart with worldly desires. It is even worse since these clergy dedicated their lives to God, only to be completely against the ideology of the Church. Chaucer's cynicism towards the Church is because the people in suits have misused God's name for their own selfish purposes. Whether with “relics” or “indulgences,” the Church did what it could to make a quick buck..