soldiers during the Middle Ages: foot soldiers, archers, and knights. The knights were heavily armored soldiers who rode on horseback. Only the wealthiest nobles could afford to be a knight. They needed very expensive armor, weapons, and a powerful war horse. Medieval Knight by Unknown The First Knights The first knights of the Middle Ages fought for Charlemagne, the King of the Franks, in the 700s. In order to fight battles across his large empire, Charlemagne began to use soldiers on horseback
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resolution. These resolutions rarely come easy, in most cases, a gain and a loss must occur for both parties. This is often in the form of a sacrifice. One such example is the sacrifice Colonel Bryan Kelly must make during the chess in “All the King’s Horses”. Kelly is with the difficult decision of saving his son, to lose more people than necessary or losing his son, saving the lives of many. He ultimately decides to sacrifice his son, which saves the rest of players lives. This decision is crucial in
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the lord’s castle and learn a host of basic skills to become a well-rounded and educated knight. Some of the skills you learned were fundamentals of court life such as table manners, care and maintenance of armor and weapons, and how to care for horses. Other training he had to complete courses in reading and music, complete martial arts training and learn how to hunt and how to hawk. Around the boys thirteenth year of life, he would be promoted to a squire. At this time he is assigned to
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It was once said, "A knight in shining armor is a man who has never had his metal truly tested." The meaning of this quote explains that any knight with shining armor has never truly battled or fought for freedom. More than a thousand years ago, a class of professional warriors arose. They swore oaths of loyalty to noble Lords and fought to the death to defend them in battle. They were the samurai of Japan and the European Knights in England. Some historians will argue that knights and samurai are
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sanctuary. It's been a place where I've been able to escape and find peace,” said Michael Jordan. This sentiment resonates deeply with many athletes who turn to sports as an escape from the everyday hardships of life. In Richard Wagamese’s novel Indian Horse, the protagonist Saul’s journey mirrors this sentiment. Amidst a plethora of trauma, discrimination, and struggles to forge his identity, Saul discovers hockey as not just a game but a refuge. However, this refuge proves to be unsuccessful due to severe
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Trojan Horse The ancient Greeks where in the beginning of a war. Awakening to the lovely Helen being gone king Menelaus was blowing up with fury. She was kidnapped by Paris the prince of Troy. Menelaus furiously declared to get Helen! Then because he asked kings for help they answered and sailed to the treacherous Troy. They got to the city but there was a wall, so they couldn’t get in. So the Greeks who were angry sat on the beach and plotted. Thinking precisely, they knew Helen was behind
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Many people have optimistic views in their life, however there is a fine line between being optimistic and being ignorant of consequences. All the Pretty Horses is a novel about John Grady and his journey into adulthood as he runs away to Mexico; in contrast, The Poisonwood Bible is a novel about an american family and their journey on a mission trip into the Congo. In both novels however, the authors show that people's expectations are often romanticized and due to this can have grave consequences
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To gain insight as a skilled reader, I have thoroughly analyzed the short story, The Rocking-horse Winner, by using comprehension strategies that have helped increase my understanding of a writing piece. The first comprehension strategy I used, was to list what I already know from the topic, to grasp new information easily. What intrigued me most, was the title of the story, and the author's name. I have heard several things about the poet, his most famous topics consisted of human health, vitality
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is his story Rocking Horse Winner, a text about gambling, greed and luck. The poem tackles subjects that are timeless, despite its creation at a time where all of these subjects were rather sever. Rocking Horse Winter is about a boy, who lives in an upper middle class family, who starts to gamble on horse races to win money for his greedy mother. Throughout Rocking Horse Winner, Lawrence toys with the ideas of greed, gambling, and luck. The first theme is greed. Rocking Horse Winter, a story about
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In the two short stories The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence and Through the Tunnel by Dorris Lessing, both stories can be seen as a rite of passage because the main characters Jerry and Paul, illustrate a theme of having to break free in their lives to have a test of achievement. Both boys father’s are somewhat absent in the stories. This made the main characters strive to make their lives better. Jerry’s goal was to swim through the tunnel which ultimately almost leads him to his death.
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