Chaucer's character of the Pardoner is a man who's work is tricking people of their money by allowing them to touch a supposedly "holy" bone that is really from a normal animal. The Pardoner is wealthy from swindling people out of their money by promising them pardon for their sins and get them entrance into heaven if they gave their money to him. He has a nice hat and a wallet full of money or pardons as Chancer sarcastically refers to it.
Answer:
Jason's determination to find gold and make it big in life.
Explanation:
The lines 50-57 talk about a young man called Machigan who made it big and became rich after he left his small farm to find gold in Alaska. In this way, Jason also directs his ambition towards the same path as Machigan. After all, the central idea of the passage is all about Jason's determination to find gold and make it big in life.
The details presented in the excerpt of the newspaper article in lines 36-39 reveal that Jason was determined about his point of view. He knew that working at a factory like his brothers was not for him. He was adventurous and was determined that he would find gold someday.
The correct answer is that it is D. the Geats, that truly display the
Anglo-Saxon value of loyalty as Beowulf battles Grendel's mother. The
fact they wait by the lake for him to emerge, and face the monster
themselves, show that they are the most loyal of the possible answers
offered here.
