Gordon Ramsay In The Handmaid's Tale By Chaucer

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The Middle Ages were an infamously calamitous period of history. Both the church, which claimed to be the pillar of the community, as well as the government, systematically scammed lower class people, robbing them of what little they had. They also forcibly kept them in a state of utter illiteracy, so only the higher class and the church could read and interpret the bible, ensuring their ability to defraud the poor, as well as keep them dependent on their religious guidance. To make matters worse, a terrible plague had just ravaged the land, leaving many dead. Some of the survivors decided to undergo a pilgrimage to offer their thanks to St. Thomas for protecting them in that period of peril, which is where the story begins. Chaucer uses the people he encounters at the tavern where they are staying in order to …show more content…

In the story, the cook is described as making incredible dishes “Make good thick soup and bake a tasty pie” (394) He wears his name of cook well, enthralling all who sample his food with its captivating flavor. Comparably, Gordon Ramsay is perhaps the most well-known cook in today’s time, famous for his proficiency in the art of cooking. Yet although they are similar in their capacity to create spectacular dishes, they are incredibly different in the way they run their kitchen. While Gordon Ramsay follows strict sanitary procedures, the cook could care less about sanitation. “He had an ulcer on his knee”. Despite the fact that he is sickly and has an open, festering ulcer infecting everything it comes in contact with, he continues to serve his customers, paying no mind to their health. Gordon Ramsey would never even contemplate engaging in such abhorable scamming of the general public, and would undoubtedly openly frown at this selfish , disgusting

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