At the beginning of the story, the protagonist, Waverly, was arguing with her mom, '' 'Bite back your tongue,' scolded my mother when I cried loudly, yanking her hand toward the store that sold bags of salted plums.'' The next time she went to the store, she learned to bite back her tongue and not complain. Doing this, she showed her mom that she deserved the bag of salted plums. This is the same as when she was first learning to play chess. She didn't have any strategy or secrets that would increase her chances of winning. After she lost a few times, she ended up learning strategies, which helped her know good defensive mechanisms to win. “I learned why it is essential in the endgame to have foresight, a mathematical understanding of all the possible moves, and patience; all weaknesses and advantages become evident to a strong adversary and obscure to a tiring opponent.”
