Question

Why does the speaker join the twenty-nine pilgrims at the inn?

Answer 1

Answer:

The narrator in  Geoffrey Chaucer's "THE CANTERBURY TALES" joins twenty-eight pilgrims in order to make the account of the incident look more real.

Explanation:

Geoffrey Chaucer is considered The Father English Poetry and similarly he is first realist of English literature. By making the narrator join the twenty-eight pilgrims at the inn, Chaucer make sure that his poetry be considered realistic. The narrator himself becomes a character who is not free of biases and his own prejudices.