The Pike

Anywhere from 14 to 20 feet long, the pike was in effective the infantryman's version of the lance. At its end it had a point for impaling, a hook for grabbing, and often a blade for cutting. There were many variations on these. As with the longbow, the real effectiveness of the pike was not so much the weapon itself but how it was used on the battlefield. The Swiss became adept at fighting in formation. A solid square of Pikemen, with the front lines planting their pikes in the ground, presented a bristling

Nature is explored in a number of different ways in ‘Pied Beauty’, ‘Pike’ and ‘Blackberry Picking’. The poems all focus on different sides to nature. All three poems focus on the beauty of nature but “Pike” and “Blackberry Picking” on a more negative side to nature. Nature is praised in each of the three poems but all have very different meanings and perspectives on nature. Hopkins Poem ‘Pied Beauty’ explores nature 's beauty. It’s described as the perfect place. The poem begins with “Glory be to

In the excerpt from the novel Breath, Tom Winton describes an “incident” that happened to Bruce Pike and a group of tourists at the riverbank. He contrasts Ivan Boon and Bruce Pike to emphasize their singular similarity of causing panic, and conveys the mixed feelings of guilt, glee, and contempt that Bruce Pike experiences after the incident through Pike’s actions, and thoughts. Most of the time, people who are getting pranked do not appreciate it, but the people doing the prank experience joy and

Pikes Peak is a beautiful, rocky mountain with a fantastic view. The day my family and I were going to go up Pikes Peak the day was gorgeous. Heading up the mountain is so relaxing, having conversations with my family while looking out the tinted window. Looking out my window I could see columns and rows of the most perfect looking pine trees rising up the peak. During the climb it was so admirable and calm as I was thinking in my head, what a perfect day. The view was fantastic as I got to see the

In the poems “The Hunting Snake” by Judith Wright and “Pike” by Ted Hughes a strong relationship between man and nature is explored and expressed. Judith Wright was an Australian poet, environmentalist and Aboriginal land rights campaigner. Ted Hughes was an English poet and children’s book writer. Themes discussed in his poems were mostly nature having being fascinated with them from an early age. He wrote frequently of the mixture of beauty and violence in the natural world. Both poets explore

I recently read Chain Letter by Christopher Pike. The plot is that a group of friends receive a letter telling each person to do a different dangerous, risky task. If they don’t do it, they are threatened with other terrible options, including death. The person who wrote these letters, signed as “Caretaker” knows about a crime they committed, when they were all together that only the group members know about. Pike makes this story enjoyable by including sequence and structure. The sequence was substantial

Pike Place Market is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Market opened August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States. It is a place of business for many small farmers, craftspeople and merchants. Named after the central street, Pike Place runs northwest from Pike Street to Virginia Street, and remains one of Seattle's most popular tourist destinations. The Market is built

A ruthless rouge agent whose name is Pike Logan, leading a task force that will stop at nothing to save and defend their country. A group of Americans that have turned against their country and are now calling themselves The Lost Boys. The Lost Boys are a small terrorist group that works for ISIS, led by Jacob, a white American male. I am reading The Insider Threat by Brad Taylor. The Lost Boys are on their way to America. Only Pike Logan and the Taskforce stand in the way of an attack no one anticipates

Pikes Peak Have you ever looked off a tall cliff? Now Imagine going 30 mile per hour on a bike with curvy roads with huge cliffs on your side with no rails. I left with my family from our hotel in Manitou springs, Colorado. From the hotel we drove to a bike tour place to take us up Pikes Peak. When we got the building we saw pictures of how big the cliffs were, but another thing scared me even more was the fact they had no side rails. When I saw that there were no side rails I was really excited

Pike Over the past three seasons we have seen quite some villains on the show. Most of them were grey-ish: they had the right intentions but not the right methods. Think of Diana Sydney, Queen Anya, Dante Wallace, Queen Nia. There were some less redeemable villains like Cage Wallace and there are a few that are just downright unlikeable (remember Dr. Lorelei Tsing?). However, Pike takes unlikeable villains to new dimensions. Nothing that the show has done has made him even a bit likeable. I want