Johnny Anonymous
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01-26-110-01/02
Oct 7/99

Well, I guess I'm an idiot. Or so university would have me believe, yet again. Dig this, if you can. An ‘essay' of three hundred words. Three hundred maximum, not minimum. Now, try to write an analysis of a character from a story written eight hundred years ago in old, old Germanic English (damn I'm lucky I took two years of German) in that three hundred words. But wait, you have to analyze a character, and tell why this character is ironic. And don't forget to quote the text. And make sure you cite the text and add another twenty five words in doing so. Hell, by the end of this sentence my word count is up to one hundred and twenty five words. Almost half an essay right there. But wait, there's still more. Imagine getting your paper marked by a prissy bitch who is only a year older than you and is in desperate need of a cherry popping and a push up bra, and of course an attitude adjustment, best done with a monkey wrench to the skull. If you're counting, my word count's up to one hundred ninety four at the comma, and that's not including all the contractions I'd have to take out if this were an essay. Oh, but don't you dare forget as well to include three points on why the character is ironic, and argue back and forth. Did I mention that three hundred words equals 8% of my grade? So yes, university is a very interesting time indeed, and in conclusion the Prioress is ironic because she cares about animals rather than people, she is vain, and her heart is in places it does not belong.

Works Cited:
Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The General Prologue."
The Canterbury Tales. The Longman Anthology of British
Literature. Ed. David Damrosch. Vol. 1.
New York: Longman, 1999. 294-313

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