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From: Colby Cavaliere
T1: Caval19@aol.com
Date: 4/7/98
Time: 8:22:52 PM
Remote Name: 206.203.37.73
The values of Piers in the prologue are the same in every other chapter thus far. When he first sets his sights on the people of the "plain", he sees some ploughing, sowing, "with no time for pleasure, sweating to produce food for gluttons to waste"(25) He calls hermites and anchorities that live their lives in penance as just servents of the the Holy. But he also witnesses some pampering themselves, and being vain. These are the unholy evil doers. The value system in the prologue, and the novel thus far is this. Those who toil in fields, or back breaking labor, and working are the ones serving god. Others, such as entertainers are evil, and unjust. Tramps, beggars, jokers, and the such are all gluttons who are guilty of sloth. There is a certain place the non-aristocracy are supposed to be in, and those who do not except their existance with pride, and hard work, are worthless, and slovenly, clearly the mark of unholiness