The Pawn

This essay will clearly define my goals and how I plan on achieving them. I have one immediate goal, one short term goal and one long term goal. My first goal is to lose 20 pounds by the end of the year. I plan on doing this by sticking with my diet and exercise plan. So far I have lost about 5 pounds by exercising three to four times per week. My exercises include running, swimming and racquetball. For my diet I have been cutting back my caloric intake by snacking less and eating fruits…

The Medici family were the powerful Italian family of bankers and merchants whose members ruled Florence for much of the 15th century. Cosimo and Lorenzo de' Medici were notable rulers and patrons of the arts in Florence. The family also provided four popes (including Leo X) and two queens of France (Catherine de' Medici and Marie de Médicis). Being in the money business, the Medici’s honed to a science making money using a complicated system of exchange (pawning) They paid the RC 2,000 florins…

In “12 angry men”, 12 jurors were asked to convict a kid for killing his dad or let him go free. There was many evidences to show the kid was guilty, but juror # 6 was able to debunk every single evidence. I am positive the jurors made a mistake about making fictional reasons to every clue they receive. I believe this kid is guilty for killing his dad and there’s many evidences to prove that. First, someone heard the kid saying “I’m gonna kill you” from upstairs. Then when the old man came…

Described as a “charming young lady” with “infantile manners”, Isabella’s weak and childish nature is what allows Heathcliff to reduce her status and importance to that of a pawn in his plan to acquire the Linton’s property (79). Despite Heathcliff’s revelations to Isabella as to his intentions of pursuing her, Isabella regards Heathcliff as an enigmatic, romantic hero and enters into a loveless, abusive marriage with him.…

In 1992, Poet Sherman Alexie, wrote the poem titled. “Evolution”. “Evolution” starts with a mention of a pawn shop on the reservation across the border from the liquor store”(1-2). In the first verse of “Evolution”, “Buffalo Bill opens a pawnshop on the reservation”(1). Buffalo Bill, born as William Frederick Cody, was an American buffalo hunter, and an Indian fighter. He had a reputation for accurate marksmanship, knowledge of Indian ways, and endurance(Encyclopaedia Britannica,2017). Buffalo…

shoulders into fighting; / so perhaps the Trojans might think I am you, and give / way from their attack” (16.40-42) signifies an outset of a strange transformation of Patroklos as well. When a pawn reaches the other side of the chess-board it no longer remains a pawn, but it gets promoted. Zeus decides his pawn, Patroklos to get promoted to a Bishop, a reliable attacker, easy to sacrifice when needed. Bishops are great at attack but they also get trapped easily when advancing far beyond the…

Undetected in a massive world, humans are seized to be used as game pieces in the Immortal Game where the Immortals hold all the power. In Ann Aguirre’s Public Enemies, the main character Edith or “Edie” is the major pawn that immortals fight over. Edie was sucked in like a vacuum cleaner into the perilous world of the Immortal Game, where human belief makes your worse nightmares real. Her boyfriend Kian, struck a deal with a powerful Immortal, the Harbinger, who will protect Edie at all…

Once your bail is set, it is up to you and whoever plans to bail you out to determine a way to pay for it. Bail bonds are usually the easiest and quickest way to get the money to bail someone out of jail. However, bail bonds are not often granted to everyone. Since a bondsman charges you a percentage of your bail they tend to give bail bonds to people who have a higher bail. The lower your bail is, the less money a bondsman will make if they grant you a bail bond. As a result, If your bail is…

tragedy (such as conflict, suffering, reversal, and recognition) that are incorporated within the plot. More specifically, Oedipus’ revelation about his own fate is the most ironic example of all. Sophocles’ liberal use of irony portrays Oedipus as a pawn to the gods because Oedipus does not experience recognition until the tragic conclusion of the story. The audience knows more than the characters involved, so this lends itself to many examples of irony within the story. Initially, Oedipus’…

The primary locations in Crime and Punishment are made realistic by immersing the reader in details and the direction of the story at the same time. The Hay Market is one example where the mood of the story is captured and is described on page 9 as working “painfully on the young man’s nerves”. It describes the smells as an “insufferable stench” and filled with “drunken men”. The reader’s observations match with the emotions that should be felt throughout the story such as descending into a…