Chess endgame

In the short story "Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan, a main theme is that staying quiet and holding back can help you to achieve goals, shown when Waverly's mother awards her, when she wins a chess game, and when Waverly accidentally blurts out something she regrets saying. At the beginning of the story when Waverly is a young girl, her mother drills a life lesson into her. She tells Waverly to “ ‘Bite back your tongue,’ scolded my mother when I cried loudly (...) ‘Wise guy, he not go against wind…

Waverly's mother seems almost unable to admit to being wrong. This conceited conviction, along with Waverly's mother's opinions differing from those of Waverly, is the main source of conflict between the two of them. Waverly's mother makes many an assumption over the course of the story, one of which is that her daughter would benefit from her watching while she practices. Waverly's reaction proves to be the exact opposite of what her mother expects. Her mother is shooed away when Waverly tells…

A Knight’s Tale is about three friends who pursued the challenge of jousting after their master, Sir Ector, died. William Thatcher took his dead master’s armor and went on to win his first tournament. As William, Roland, and Wat went on to compete in many more tournaments, William meets Jocelyn and instantaneously falls in love with her. William Thatcher was born in the Cheapside borough of London in the early 1350’s. Even though he was not very wealthy, he had always dreamed of being a knight.…

The new employee, Rajah, will be schedule to arrive at CenturyLink 7:45am. I will greet her in the lobby so we can start off by discussing the location of employee parking. Next I will lead to the class room area for new hire orientation. Next she will to fill tax form, direct deposit, and emergency contact. After they finish filling it out, then we will watch the company video that explains CenturyLink mission statement and the company’s overall objective. Thirty Minutes later when the…

The movie Seven Pounds is about a man who incidentally caused the accidental death of seven people in which seeks redemption by a selection of seven people for his secret project. In the movie, the character Tim, in a car accidents that leaves seven people dead. In retaliation, he vows to give back to them by supplying life to others in need by giving donations of various organs from him. He selects 7 people. He spent a good deal of time delving down sick people and meeting them to see if…

“Son, have you ever heard of chess?” “Yes, it’s to complicated though” “Chess is to complicated? Anthony you have it all wrong” “I bet it’s boring” “Come on it’s fun, I’ll show you how to play. What do you say?” At the age of 9, Anthony Hollander was taught how to play chess from his grandfather. His grandfather was a wise, retired army veteran, with a knack for chess. He loved everything about it, that’s why he wanted to see if young Anthony would give it a try. Soon enough he picked…

After the chess tournament, I slumped in the backseat, kicking myself for how impractically I played. "Shouldn’t have spent all my time on that one move!" I exclaimed. That’s when Dad would always tell me, “You will learn more from your losses.” The joy of winning a game and the agony of blundering one away are constant themes in my chess career. And, as I discovered, my dad was right about the losses. I am a big fan of strategic board games - I played Go when I was younger and now, chess is my…

becomes well-known, as she triumphs in her quest to be a chess champion. However, she has multiple personalities; sometimes she is good and other times she is bad. One example of this is when she receives a pack of Life Saver candy as a Christmas present, where she does not complain like most children would, but is very grateful. Instead of being depress of her gift she makes the best of it by using it as chess pieces and bartering for games of chess with an elder in the park. On the other hand,…

has an overriding metaphor at play, something many characters refer to as the game. The scene that signifies this metaphor and has multiple comparisons to is the chess scene in episode 3, The Buys. In this scene a higher ranked drug dealer and the head of the organizations’ nephew, D’Angelo teaches two young drug dealers how to play chess and the game. In this scene many metaphors show how D’Angelo understands the rigged, underlying and exposed nature of…

Alice begins a new journey, through the Looking-glass world, taking her on an expedition through a difficult game of chess. Alice starts out in the world by meeting up with the Red Queen, who shows her the number of many brooks running straight across from side to side, dividing the area up into squares as Alice realizes it is a giant game of chess (Carroll, 131-134). The more Alice sees of the game the more she wants to be a part of it. The Red Queen puts Alice up to the test to see if she can…