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Imagine being a king or queen in the medieval period being able to rule the kingdom with a iron fist. Imagine all the stresses that come with that. You have a unknown disease (later known as Black Death) mysteriously killing half of your kingdom. You have the stresses of other kingdoms coming to strike you at any moment. What would a king need in these stressful times? The answer; a jester. Jesters were a important part of the king and his court. When you think of jesters, what comes to mind? I

everyday rackets, marvels and scents of Chinatown. They also took in the constant badgering of their mother imparting “her daily truths” as Chinese ways of conduct (Vu ya chung). At a Christmas party, Waverly's brother Vincent had received the gift of a chess set from the Baptist Church. Waverly

Horwitz, Steven. “Truth and Myth on the Gender Pay Gap.” FEE, Foundation for Economic Education, 30 Mar. 2017, fee.org/articles/truth-and-myth-on-the-gender-pay-gap/. Synopsis In his article, Truth and Myth on the Gender Pay Gap, Steven Horwitz elaborates on the confusion about what is true regarding the gender pay gap. Stating that, “Whether the gender pay gap is a myth depends upon exactly what claim either side is making.” (1) Making the claim that depending on what one says about the gap determines

Some Games Hold Your Hand, This One Pushes You Into Traffic Velocibox is an ultra-difficult speedrun with almost zero room for error. It’s an extreme test for not only your reflexes, but spatial awareness. It will also test your ability to not punch a hole through your screen. The concept is simple; while moving at an incredible speed, you must avoid hazards (one touch and you restart the level) and collect enough orbs to complete the level. You move left or right and can ride the walls with full

In the short story “Rules of the Game”, by Amy Tan, the reader is immersed into San Francisco’s Chinatown of the late 1950s. On the surface, this is a story of a young Chinese-American girls rise to become a chess prodigy. The deeper story is about the conflicts that arise from the clash of old Chinese culture and American culture during this period. The protagonist, Waverly Place Jong, is this young girl whose experiences is greatly affected by both the physical environment of where she is being

Celeste's Great Wall of China Board Game This board game is on the wall of China. This game lets you learn about the Great Wall of China in your house without having to search it up. If you like to learn but at your house in your pj’s then I suggest this game to you. This board game is played with 30 spaces. There are questions about the Great Wall of China, if you get it wrong, then you go back as many spaces as the card tells you. However, if you get it right then you go up as many spaces accordingly

Seven Seven is a psychological Thriller/Drama+ film directed by David Fincher, and released on the 22 September 1995 in the United States of America. The Seven title sequence has a succession of moving pictures which shows a combination of modern and traditional techniques of creating title sequence. The old style relays on the use of hands whilst the contemporary relays on digital method of design. Cooper as the creative director uses the Title to redefine and enhance the visual style of title

lose less” (paragraph 29). Mrs. Jong and her daughter Waverly, have grown up in the chaotic streets of Chinatown. Mrs.Jong, an immigrant; is strict and acts forcefully towards her children, wanting them to succeed. Waverly as well, is an outstanding chess player, she travels around the city, competing in numerous competitions and succeeding tremendously. Her mother though, creates a large amount of pressure for her. She shows her off, evidently proud; but it is not seen by her daughter. As a result

Most people don’t think about the games curling or chess much. Of those that do, most would consider these two activities to have few to no similarities, except that neither of their championships are going to be shown on ESPN. Curling is a game played on ice that consists of multiple rounds, called ends, of each team taking turns sliding stones to have the most closest to the center of a target, known as the house. Chess is a board game played by two players taking turns moving their playing pieces

Taking place in a countryside home W.W. Jacob’s short story “The Monkey’s Paw” illustrates the White family’s two-day interaction with a seemingly innocent mummified monkey's paw. Each character presented in the short story represents natural human traits that can prove to be negative when greed and curiosity and are involved. The use of symbolism throughout the story proves to be vital to the reader, as it allows him or her to understand the importance of every action done to the monkey’s paw has