perceval

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In the story Perceval edited by Roger Sherman Loomis and Laura Hibbard Loomis, Perceval the main character has many adventures, in which he learns many lessons about life.

The story starts out with Perceval, the son of a widow, out in the forest listening to the sweet season and all the warbling of the birds. In the distance he discovers knights riding towards him. At first he thought that they were devils, which his mother had warned him to stay away from. Then he saw all their bright and shiny armor and he thought it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, so according to his mother, angels were more beautiful than everything else in the world. Basically, everything his mother told him he believed, because he was very naive and didn't know any better.

When the knights reached Perceval he through himself in front of them and began to worship them. Of course, the knights thought Perceval was crazy. They told him that they were not angels, but they were knights. During the whole conversation Perceval didn't answer any of the knights questions, he was too i

Perceval would like to stay with his ladylove but he is worried about his mother, so sets off to try to return home to make sure his mother was all right. Along the way, he comes across a stream in which he can find no way to cross it. There were fishermen out in the middle who tell him that he can stay at their house. They gave him directions and he set off to find it. He found it and inside found a nobleman who has been wounded but Perceval did not ask what happened. The servants kept carrying around the grail but Perceval didn't ask about that either. They feed him and the next day he was on his way.

When the youth returned home that same evening, he told his mother that he wanted to go to the king that made men knights. His mother was in dismay after she heard this. She began to tell him of his family who all were knights and how they had all been killed. She didn't want him to go because she feared for his life. Perceval was very stubborn didn't want to listen and he went even though it hurt his mother so.

Before he left his mother gave him clothes and some words of advise about ladies and lords. She also told him of church and told him to always go and worship the Lord. Perceval agreed. On the morning that he left his mother chased after him and fell down at the end of the bridge, but he didn't turn around he just kept going.

nterested in finding out all he could about becoming a knight. The knights told him that if he wanted to become a knight then he would have to go to King Arthur.

On Perceval next stop he met a lord that taught him how to use his lance and how to use his armor. The lord also taught him some mo

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