The question we asked at the beginning of this 'exercise' was:
During the 12th Century, the Knights Chivalry Code was an important part of society and every day living. In our modern age, we ask if the code will still be accepted? If so, does it still have a part to play?
I suppose that my answer would be no, it doesn't have any part to play. On the whole the quests we were asked to perform were for entertainment only and the few that genuinely helped people were usually suggestions of our own.
So, why is this the case?
I believe that the reason why most quests were entertainment based was for several reasons that I have mentioned earlier in this blog but will outline here again:
a) The environment was very commercial and consumer based. When shopping, people very rarely need help worthy of a quest beyond 'carry this shopping' (which no one went for anyway). Instead they want to match the bright and jovial atmosphere around them with some light entertainment.
b) The current generation has been brought up being told that everyone is equal, no one needs help and to ask if a stranger needs assistance is either politically incorrect or patronising. Therefore, people were shocked by us asking if they needed help and would either deny needing help or come up with something just to get rid of us.
c) People believed that there was a catch. In this day and age people believe that nothing comes free, so to be asked if there is anything we could do for them the public would choose a small quest that 'wouldn't cost as much' until they realised we didn't accept payment.
d) We are too bloody British (it's okay...I'm not a knight anymore...I can swear all I like...damnit). No one wants to put anyone out by asking for something big. I often wondered over the last couple of weeks what would happen in different cultures such as USA.
Anyway those were my findings, if there are any questions about the whole exercise contact me on Facebook or at nh228@ex.ac.uk.
Many thanks.