The Presentation of Jocelin in Chapter One Essay -- Dean Jocelin Willi

The Presentation of Jocelin in Chapter OneDean Jocelin is a priest at St bloody shames Cathedral in Salisbury. He has avision that God has chosen him to erect a extensive steeple on hisduomo. During Chapter 1 we see cosmosy different qualities ofJocelin. The branch account we meet of him is a visual picture of a express emotion man this represents a joyful, exhilarant person. It showsthat this is the beginning of his vision and everything is takingplace in the beginning him. In the second sentence our view shifts and we seewhat he sees, the sun exploding through the glass, lifting up theimages of Abraham, Isaac and God. Our sense of seeing through his eyesis modify with additional spokes and wheel. Each time thesunlight appears inside the cathedral Jocelin recreates his vision,and it reinforces the rightness of what he is doing. There is avarious repetition of Jocelin express emotion raise up, this begins to sounda little insane, however chin up shows he is a very confident and proud man who thinks he has all authority over everybody else. He alsothinks that St Marys Cathedral belongs to him, as he uses therepetition of my this would signify, that it is his territory. Myplace, my house, my people.The cathedral and the spire becomes an obsession to Jocelin as hedescribes it as a living, breathing building. He describes thebuilding like a man lying on his back.The nave was his legs set(p) together, the transepts on either sidewere his arms outspread. The choir was his body and the wench Chapelwhere now the services would be held, was in his head. He describesthe spire as the crown and the majesty. The great one of allJocelin seems to be a very religious man because when he enters the... ...erson who Jocelin has great affection for is his missy in God, Goody Pangall. Jocelin thinks that she is entirelywomen and she is the one topic of talk that he discusses withinterest with Pangall. For example when Pangall is worried about thebuilders, the first examina tion Jocelin asks is, Is your good wife? Dothey work too near her? and Pangall reacts no, Do they treat her assome men impart treat women in the street? Call after her? Speak obscenely?In conclusion to this essay, Jocelin has become obsess ional over thespire because he has forgotten that the vision is from God and when hethanks God, it shows he is refreshing that god has given this vision tohim however it is not for Jocelin, it is for God. Jocelin also doesnot listen to anybody elses comments. All he cares about is himselfand how he looks alternatively than the cathedral.