To complete this assignment, you should rewrite "The Pardoner's Tale" in a narrative that takes place in modern times. Use your best descriptive writing to make this an interesting and believable piece of writing for the reader. Before you start writing, think about the following questions:
Could the events in this story still happen today? What would likely be different? What would be the same?
How might you modernize some of the events in the story? (Think: Internet, cell phones, transportation differences, etc.)

Araby every morning i lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. the blind was pulled down to within an inch of the sash so that i could not be seen. when she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped. i ran to the hall, seized my books and followed her. i kept her brown figure always in my eye and, when we came near the point at which our ways diverged, i quickened my pace and passed her. this happened morning after morning. i had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood. what is the general tone of the passage? a. courageous b. comical c. passionate d. fearful