The Pardoner is a craftsman at building trust, but why and how he is building this trust is quite interesting. The pardoner aims to earn money or in other words styles, his moves make sure that his greed is supported. Unlike a common liar or fake storyteller, he says or does nothing to further or legitimize his story because all he needs is to make sure people believe in him and not particularly in his story. He is simply using the moral of the story to strike a blow to the audience's hearts and exploit them. However, he manages to convey the true moral of the story to the audience. In lines 22-24 Pardoner states that by "preaching" he would do no "honest" work. Word choice is especially important in these lines since preaching is often associated with storytelling. These lines are the only lines that specify that this story is dishonest. All the other lines in this story before the actual beginning, such as lines 15-20 that talk about getting "silver for the things I teach" or "living in poverty", are all closely linked to the fact that the Forgiver is a sordid and exploitative man and these lines indicate nothing about the legitimacy of the story. In conclusion, the lack of specification indicates that one cannot arrive at a certain conclusion as to whether this story is honest or not. This specific situation furthers my point by not giving us any evidence of a dishonest story and focusing our attention on what the story is trying to tell. In this way Pardoner creates an involuntary trust in its story. Both the reader and the listener appear to be affected by this condition. This is quite a good thing since you don't have to trust the narrator but the story you are hearing. In this way Pardoner ensures, albeit unintentionally, that his claims of being a liar have no effect on either reader or listener. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay Deception is a common term that is often confused with lying. Although they are closely related, they are not the same thing. In the story of Pardoner, Death is personified as a thief and as the Age is suitable this so called thief is “stealing” many lives in the disguise of plaques. There is a short summary-like mini-story in the middle of the actual story. The narrator of this mini-story is an old man whom Death seems to have forgotten. This old man summarizes his life story and directs the story's true vengeful "heroes" towards Death, but what they find is, in fact, a pile of gold. What is important about this hoax-like story is how the truth was completely relative. Morally, the old man in fact did not lie. This little conditional deception, however, does not destroy or deny the reality of his short story. His deceptive ways will, and have in fact, damaged the credibility of his story, yet there is no indicator or reason to suggest that his story was not true. The deception of the old man is a common feature of all stories. They suggest a moral point and almost always contain exaggeration. These exaggerations are a form of deception. However, this form of deception is not a direct lie and therefore does not indicate a trust problem. We have no reason not to believe that the old man's story was not true. The reaction of our heroes to the pile of gold is also important. When presented with something much better, they forgot and overlooked the actual deception. This is very similar to the original listeners, 2003.