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1) I think the title implies an idea of the only crusade worth while. The quest for the grail may under mind how important the actual grail is. The last crusade promotes an idea of the grail to end all Grail's type of thing. If Indiana does indeed find the grail then their would be no need for any other crusade.
8) The grail must be chosen from all of the false ones just as only the most appropriate knight for the job can obtain the grail. Indiana obviously has been the knight for the crusade and he had to gain the grail to save his father. Therefore, his quest would only be complete if by some other force such as the hand of the lord were to guide him into his decision.

last day Small World

Persse- This character is seen throughout as the main character for the most part. He was on the grail quest from the beginning of the book. We discussed how he is supposed to be the Perceval character and follows alot of the same path. He was green when coming onto the scene as a brand new teacher. The question would be why he ended up loving Cheryl instead?


- He found out his true love was Cheryl as appose to Angelica and he can also not have her. Just like his grail quest she is unavailable and he finds that she had been fired and was traveling across the world.

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1) How do we see some knights progress?
-We see the one knight get his book review done in a superb manner. He is very happy and finds that it is not just because of Zapp who many look to as a leader but on his own accord. He finds that two newspapers want to cover him and it is as if he has one a major tournament.
2) How do you read the end of the text?
-Not every not is of the chivalrous manner. We see this when this particular knight decides to withhold his secret from his wife. It is hard to tell if there is a legitimate reason or if he simply does not see his maiden as worthy of the news. Either way great accomplishments can happen to people that are not necessarily perfect characters.

Small World 2

1) What does all the intercourse show you in response to knighthood?

- I feel that the intercourse has a lot to do how we interpret knighthood throughout all of the other texts. These men seem to find themselves in awkward situations such as the mile high participant and the threesome with the asian woman and her husband. I feel that this shows a trend of the knights going on quests and fulfilling their needs much like the knights in previous stories.

2) How do the different lives all lead to the same type of conventions?

- Each of these people take very separate journeys to get to the all important conferences. It is important to jump from story to story in order to show us the adventures of the men, and how they plan on obtaining the "Grail". Some use papers while others basically waste their days away. Each knight has a separate journey in order to gain the same goals

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2) I think that Persse is presented as somewhat of a quiet but intelligent character. He is run by his emotions and falls in love quickly with Angelica at an early point in the book, without hardly knowing her. He seems to be able to handle some of the intellectuals at the conference though social settings are not necessarily his greatest asset. Obviously a college graduate who has just finished is Masters thesis on T.S. Elliot.
3) The conference is a ton of hustle and bustle with Persse not understanding a lot of what is going on around him. The parallels are that of a grand precession and the introduction of Angelica in which he falls immediately in love with. Persse is a young man straight out of college and put into a place that he is not ready for at the time.

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3) The hermit rightfully tells Perceval to be more charitable in his ways, he is in dire need of being a better person and has yet to do so. He has almost never acted charitably in his quest for the grail and he has absolutely acted egocentrically in his goals. The most charitable act discussed in class was that of Jesus Christ giving up his life for the sins of all of us. Perceval can not ever get the grail becuase of all of his inpurities.
4)Gawain also goes on a quest of sorts a journey much like all of the Knights we have read about do. His is similar to Percevals in that most of his acts are done under a separate name or under falsehoods. After meeting his mother he does not give up his identity and does not act as charitably as possible. He only decides to fight when he has to defend his honor and seems to have a love interest like the one Perceval has with Blancheflore.

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2) The grail precession deals alot with mystery for many reasons. First of all, few know of an actual holy grail and this one is to symbolize Perceval's entire quest. He is immediately curious about the grail and does not know of the maiden carrying it. The meal is presented as one of the best ever, full of tons of food and merry talks along with great fruit and even better wine. Again this symbolizes the intensity and honor the quest for the grail entails.
3) I think the face of Blancheflor is vivid in Percevals mind even if it is only contained in three drops of blood. The white flower obviously being the snow that surrounds the blood, and Perceval can not draw his attention away from it. I feel that the blood symbolizes doom in her case and possibly his own. Blood is always connected with death and Perceval has very little idea of what is in store for him. The red blood may also symbolize passion as red is the color of love. His burning desire for the quest may bleed into Blancheflor.