Using Math to Find a Way to Beat the Game: A Knight´s Tour

As the English Actor, Tom Hiddleston, stated, “Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming.” Young peasant, William, decides to pretend to be a knight with both his friends Roland and Wat and later on the found naked Chaucer to win money since their life style isn’t convenient. As a final point, despite some minor inaccurate information, the movie A Knight’s Tale is historically accurate based on factual evidence that was displayed.

Many psychologists have studied and used Mischel’s experiment and examples in their own works. In a recent study, Celeste Kidd conducted one such experiment; in The Marshmallow Challenge Kidd had twenty-eight children take part in an exercise involving art. She gave the children two different choices throughout the project. The first choice she gave them was to use old worn down crayons now or wait for a new box of crayons. The second was one small sticker now or wait for a better set of stickers. She divided the children into different groups. One of the groups was the “reliable group” which was the children that waited patiently, and the other group was the “unreliable group” which was the children who couldn’t wait for the new supplies.

During the Medieval Era, their was not much to do for entertainment besides watch the tournaments that were held all over Western Civilizations. In modern times, many people know what jousting and sword fighting are but not like the way “A Knights Tale” show them. This movie was made in 2001 and was soon a crowd favorite. The modernization of a dark age era gave the audience entertainment through action, love and comedy. The tournaments were very exciting during this era, specifically the 14th century. This movie had many mixed reviews between historians and regular movie goers. There are a lot of great aspects of this movie but also many critiques historically. The movie is a portrayal of the Medieval games which helps a more modern audience

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey begins in the area surrounding Moab, Utah. He discusses his intense love and adoration for the land. This theme of laying out the land for the reader continues from Chapters 1-5. It is apparent the Abbey adores nature in its purest form. Abbey rarely has visitors of the human kind, he is more often visited by snakes, deer, birds, and other wildlife than the parks superintendent, the chief park ranger, and a few tourists here and there. Abbey finds himself a little lonely from time to time in the beginning of the book but by Chapter 3: The Serpents of Paradise he finds a friend. He first encounters a not so friendly creature, a faded midget, a poisonous rattlesnake lying underneath his doorstep. Abbey often finds himself talking to the animals in this book, so he decides to issue the snake a warning and remove it. When it comes back to the trailer a second time, Abbey keeps his promise and kills the snake. Eventually, he finds another snake, which he recognizes is an enemy to the rattlesnake, and he sets out to domesticate it. Abbey decides to take it on excursions with him, wrapping the snake around his waist underneath his shirt. Eventually, the snake was released and never returned. In Chapter 4, Abbey focuses more on the plants in the region, citing his favorite wildflower, the cliffrose, and going over his weekly schedules. His busiest days are the weekends when campers come, after he cleans, makes his rounds, takes a couple days off, restocks supplies, and then starts all over again. Chapter 5, is when things start to get heavy. It is at this point Abbey starts revealing how truly frustrated he is with the US government and the tourists. Abbey is fiercely protective of the park and soon discovers that roads will be paved in the park to increase tourism. He is horrified at the aspect of a new road because he sees automobiles as an enemy to the National Park industry. To Abbey, cars limit tourists from actually see the land, stating that a short distance on bike or foot is much more appreciated than a very long distance in a car. He also suggests a new plan for national parks in order to preserve their authenticity. Abbey thinks that tourists should travel to the campsites

The Hero’s Quest is an archetypal journey a character embarks on, representing their quest of overcoming an obstacle and becoming a hero. The Hero’s Quest follows a specific pattern of stages the hero goes through on their quest. Typically this hero goes through great physical, mental and lifestyle changes to transform from a normal person into a hero on one quest, attempting to overcome one obstacle. Beowulf is an epic poem written during the time of the Anglo-Saxons; heroism is a motif commonly found in literature during this period. Beowulf tells the journey of a young man who transforms into a hero and accomplishes what was thought to be impossible. While Beowulf followed the archetypal qualities of the

In literature, characters have many ways to overcome obstacles. Rains-ford, the protagonist in “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Conn-ell, had to use three different methods to avoid being hunted down and murdered, and in turn, was able to win General Sarnoff's game. Rains-ford had to conquer these problems and he was able to do this using methods that applied to mankind in general. Characters in literature overcome obstacles by using prior knowledge and experience, by staying calm, and by using the environment to their advantage.

After a care reading of “The most dangerous game”,by Richard Connell, it is clear that the theme for this story is determination is needed when facing a difficult task ; this is achieved by the authors use of conflict. Authors use the element of conflict in order to describe the main problem in the story and get the reader hooked. Throughout the text, the element of conflict is present, yet it is most clear when the general gives Rainsford the choice to be haunted by him and if he wins he gets to leave but if he loses he dies or if he does not play then Ivan will kill him. One instance of conflict is seen when the general states (the choice is yours #35).What is happening right now is that the general is giving him a chance to survive or to die

“Obstacles are put in your way to see if what you want is really worth fighting for.” These words written anonymously explain how one can pick and chose their battles when obstacles are thrown their way. Fighting obstacles and challenges is one of the main themes surrounding Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game.” The story’s main character, Rainsford, is a young man who takes pride in hunting. However, when he falls off his boat and ends up on an island, he faces obstacles where he has to hunt more than just animals. Rainsford is left with the consequence of committing murder to protect himself. First, his goal is to make it off the island alive. Consequently, Rainsford ends up having to commit murder in order to live. Therefore, Rainsford’s motivation to get off the island alive comes with the consequence of killing someone.

“Who were these people, these specially selected tenants? They were mothers and fathers and children. A dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, a judge. And, oh yes, one was a bookie, one was a burglar, one was a bomber, and one was a mistake. Barney Northrup had rented one of the apartments to the wrong person.” Sam Westing has set different clues for all eighteen heirs. They are trying to find out who the murderer is. In the novel The Westing Game written by Ellen Raskin, the mystery elements that were used were: main conflict, setting, characterization, and the author’s techniques of giving clues.

In the novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, the main character Ender is put up against one of the toughest challenges on his life. He becomes aware of his challenge when he becomes a little older, yet before that, little did he know that he will have to save the world. Ender in Enders Game is portrayed as a natural leader and fighter who is a killer at heart and can use his understanding of the enemy and natural skill to kill to destroy them. However, once he understands his enemy, he also feels compassion for his enemy. And because of this compassion, he hates himself for destroying his enemy. At the beginning of the story, Ender lives with one mean older sibling named Peter who always bullies him. He also lives with a

In China, there is a one-child policy regulating the number of children you may have in order to keep the population stable. Also, in the Ender’s Game written by Orson Scott Card, they possess a two-child policy regulating poverty. Ender Wiggin is the third child in his family only because they have special authorization. He was six years old when he was recruited by Major Graff to go to Battle School. Ender’s job is to defeat the buggers, but a few obstacles stand in his way. The book better portrays Ender's Journey through discovering himself than the movie.

I enjoyed the discussion on Tuesday night. For me, there is inherent value in the diversity of the Saint Mary’s counseling program. Whether Nayela shares about her experiences of Mexico, or CJ reflects on her Armenian culture, we all benefit from the diversity of expression that results from these exchanges. Of course, those of us who are part of the dominant culture, have a lot of valuable insights to add as well.

Historically, the ‘game’ allegory has been used as a way in language to share historical events and personal relationships (Kelli McCall Self, ). Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is no exception to this category. In the poem, ‘games’ play an integral role in illustrating the moralistic expectations of society during the Middle Ages. But even more importantly the poet utilizes the ‘games’ as a way to teach the audience/reader necessary moral lessons about important virtues such as honor, bravery and courtesy. For example, Gawain’s character personifies these idealistic values, but he equally reveals humanities struggle with morality.

By the end of eleventh century, Western Europe had experienced a powerful cultural revival. The flourish of New towns provided a place for exchange of commerce and flow of knowledge and ideas. Universities, which replaced monasteries as centers of learning, poured urbanized knowledge into society. New technological advances and economics transformations provided the means for building magnificent architectures. These developments were representative of the mental and behavioral transformations that the medieval world underwent and the new relationships that were brought about between men, women and society in the twelfth century. As in technology, science, and scholasticism, Literature was also reborn with a new

We have 20 mins left of this game and were down by almost 30 points, we have to get together and work guys, Michael Jordan uttered. Not only if we come back and win, you guys get to save your world from being turned into a theme park and I know for a fact that you don’t want that to happen. But Doc your the only one who can score without being blocked, says Bugs Bunny, Michael Jordan then starts to say “ Now that halftime is about to start I know exactly who to call to help us come back and win, let me go call him right now. As Michael Jordan walks away Daffy duck says “ Who you think he’s going to call Bugs?” Bugs Bunny replies and says “ Well I don’t know maybe Wussell Westbrook.” As porky waltz towards Bugs and Daffy, he pipes in and