Knight

Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass helps IB students understand the concept of international mindedness. This book includes the concepts of poverty and inequality after WW2, the reactions of the citizens whose loved ones fought in the war, and what it looked and felt like. This book would also be a good novel study for IB students, because it helps to understand the hardships from the aftermath of the war. After WW II in 1945, poverty became a major issue in both the book and the leading events…

We live in a world that is anything but post-racial. In Charleston, a white supremacist walked into a church, famous for its ties to the Civil Rights Movement, and opened fire, killing 9 African Americans. In 2012, after a screening of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, James Holmes…

seemingly pathetic dreams of being a knight, like Kay was destined to be. Wart began to go on about how he would call himself the Black Knight. “ And I should have hoved at a well or a fjord or something and made all true knights that came way to joust with me in honor of their ladies, and I should have spared them after giving them a great fall…” (White 81). After hearing Wart complain, Merlyn agreed to let Wart see some real knights joust, and asks him to choose a knight to see. Wart thought…

the government, or at least a sliver of it, can act in his stead. Batman does not want to be in the position of law-enforcer for the rest of his life and is quite adamant about finding a replacement in the legal channels. Harvey Dent in “The Dark Knight” states that vigilantes, although useful in times of history to make changes in the government quickly, have to be careful or else they would “die a hero or live long enough to see themselves become the villain”. Batman understands this paradigm…

intriguing of them all are is the knight. Chaucer refers to the knight as “a most distinguished man” and, actually his description of the knight is of high regard. In the Wife Bath’s tale there was a knight, he is the rapist that is not a very honorable knight and this is not part of the chivalry code from the middle age. This knight seems to be more practical than the conventional knight that Chaucer describes in these tales. It is unbelievable that there is a knight that would be so…

The elements that would work well for a code of chivalry today are actually similar to those that worked in Medieval Europe and Medieval Japan. I think that the elements that would work for this code of chivalry would be loyalty, courage in battle, education, support of the arts, generosity, kindness, and mercy to those who are less fortunate. Loyalty is extremely important so that you know that you can trust a person with whom you can work with and know that they are not going to take…

This is just Phil Knight's life story. Phil Knight born February 24, 1938, Portland, Oregon, U.S. Phil Knight was an American businessman who co-founded (1964) the multinational sportswear and sports equipment corporation Nike, Inc. He ran cross country and track for the University of Oregon where he then fell in love with sports and the idea to bring athletic shoes to the USA. The book Shoe Dog by Phil Knight, helps readers understand the life of Phil Knight and how he once was a normal kid and…

As the young squire cared for his Knights horse, he could not wait for the days when he would take after his master knight and grow up to be just like him. In the Middle Ages, two warriors existed to protect their people. They were called Samurais, who belonged to Japan, and Knights, who belonged to Europe. Knights were superior because of their trading, their codes, and their religion. The knights were superior because of their training. "They started to ride ponies at four or five, then at…

A knight was a noble position to do in the middle ages. To expound there are different kind of knights however they all had motivation, to protect, for a lady, or for their god. For example The Knights Hospitaller was developed in 1023.These knights were put together to protect the poor and sick pilgrims. During the crusades the knights were to be sent to defend the Holy Land, Jerusalem from the Muslims. The reason Jerusalem is called the Holy Land because Jesus body was buried there in a cave…

The Knight rider car was first introduced in the 1980 television show name “Knight Rider (1982 TV series)”. In “Knight Rider (1982 TV series)”, David Hasselhoff plays as Michael Knight, who is a high-tech crime fighter. Michael Knight uses a high-tech car with KITT built into it. KITT is short for Knight Industries Two Thousand, which is a built-in computer with artificial intelligence who assist Michael Knight. When the Knight Rider car that was used in the TV series was a customized 1982…