The author's main purpose in the final paragraph of the text is: to encourage readers to think about the consequences of even seemingly harmless actions.
In the final paragraph of "How Small Fibs Lead to Big Lies," Tali Sharot tells NPR that the new findings about lying require that more work be done to find out how smaller actions lead to the escalation of negative behaviors.
So, the author's main purpose is to get readers to think of the effects that can arise from actions that do not seem harmless.
The character that proposes the story telling competition that frames the remainder of the Canterbury tales is : Bailey After creating the competition, Bailey quickly appoint himself as the judge for that competition
Maybe it's because not everyone can cope with each other after such a long time. Maybe not everyone has great social skills after living together for awhile.