In his General Prologue, Geoffrey Chaucer introduces all his characters to the reader. He writes that there was a group of people who met and were all on their way to Canterbury by chance. In the general prologue it is written: “Some twenty-nine people in company with divers people then fell into communion, and they were pilgrims all who would ride on horseback to Canterbury. » The Canterbury Tales are a collection of stories that each of these characters tells during their journey. There is a huge assortment of characters. There are men and women of the Church. There are upper class people who possess wealth and power. There are working class blue collar workers. It's interesting how all types of people can have a good time and tell each other's stories. Some of these characters just make me cringe. Some of them seem like people I might get along with, or even remember myself. My three favorite characters from the General Prologue are the Monk, the Skipper, and the Miller. Firstly, the Monk seems like a pretty cool guy. The first thing I like about him is that he's a monk. I respect monks. It must be a difficult thing for monks and nuns to give up so much to serve God. Unlike some other people in the Canterbury Tales who claim to be nuns, the monk is actually a good person. The Pardoner makes me sick with his hypocritical stories. The monk, however, seems to be true to his word. Another thing that makes me like this character is that he is a tall and virile man. Usually what comes to mind when we think of the word "monk" is a skinny, bald, quiet, somber guy in a bathrobe. This is not the case with this monk. He likes to hunt. “Hunting was his sport. A virile man”, it is in the middle of a paper ......ies to tell. The skipper is one of these people. The story he's telling is probably wildly inappropriate and may have nothing to do with the skipper's travels, but he seems like a guy I'd like to listen to. He's been everywhere. "His beard in many storms was shaken and he knew all the refuges as they were From Gottland to the Cape of Finisterre, and all the coves of Brittany and Spain." The monk is a cool guy because he seems to have a totally different personality than the cliché monk. He's a big badass, but he's still a good person and doesn't use his physical abilities to do bad things. Miller is one of my favorites because he's a mischievous guy who does what he wants. He is huge and strong. He plays the bagpipes. If all that wasn't already cool enough, he's a ginger. Works Cited Chaucer's General Prologue