English, 28.01.2020 01:31 bheam12

Why is waverly drawn to the “elaborate secrets” of chess?

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Meimei becomes interested in chess when her brother gets a chess set for Christmas.

Vincent is given a used chess set at a church Christmas party. It was a donation, and is missing pieces. Their mother tells him to throw it away, but they immediately begin playing with it. Meimei is enthralled.

The chessboard seemed to hold elaborate secrets waiting to be untangled. The chessmen were more powerful than old Li's magic herbs that cured ancestral curses. And my brothers wore such serious faces that I was sure something was at stake ….

As she watches her brother play, Meimei is enthralled. Chess is mysterious and exciting to her. Her brothers refuse to let her play until she offers up Life Savers to replace the missing pieces. The winner got to eat them! She asks Vincent a lot of questions at first, but he teaches her how to play. Curious to know more, she looks up everything else in the library.

She loves the “secrets” of chess, and the advantage that knowing more than your opponent gives you. Before long, she will become a chess prodigy.

One of the most important elements of the story is that once you find something you love, it sets you free. Meimei enjoyed chess, and loved being good at it. It made her an individual and gave her something to be proud of.

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rudy is the nazi ideal, unfortunately for the nazis his ideal comes in the form of jesse the complete opposite of those who embrace the idea of white supremacy. over the course of the novel, rudy learns that he wants nothing to do with the hitler youth, and because of this his parents are forced to make a bargain; rudy's father is forced into the military, so that his son can remain home. both liesel and hans influence that young man that rudy becomes. following han's example, rudy puts aside his own hunger to risk his life so that the jewish prisoners might have bread to eat.

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- free verse.

- " in poetry, one of the best ways to practice technique is to write in. i want all to be unstressed so that “all the clocks” and “in the night” are matching anapests. many forms that sharpen skills are useful in free verse."