What is the rising action in rules of the game Amy Tan?

Answer 1

The Jong's attended the first annual Christmas party at the First Baptist Church where the children each got a special present from Santa Claus (one of the church members dressed in a red suit with a fake cotton beard). Each child got to choose their present from the selection provided. Waverly chose a small, shiny, red package which turned out to be a pack of lifesavers, one of her favorite candies. She would spend lots of time arranging them and rearranging them again. Her brother, Vincent, chose a Chess set donated by one of the older woman at the church. There was some pieces missing from the set but this did not stop the children. Waverly used her lifesavers as a replacement for the pieces. She watched fascinated as her brothers played and moved their pieces swiftly across the board. She wanted to learn how to play. Her brothers and Mrs. Jong gave her the basic rules and that was all she needed. She spent every night configuring moves and different tactics on her hand drawn chess board that she hung next to her bed. When Waverly played her brothers now, she began winning. Her brothers got sick of challenging her because they would always lose. So Waverly took her buisness else where. She began going to the local park wear she challenged the old men. With every game she would learn more. While walking home with her mother, a man who often played with Waverly suggested to her mother that she play in a local tournament. Her mother let her play in the tournament and Waverly was very successful and defeated her opponents to win the tournament. The people of her community began calling her things like The Great American Hope, a child protegy, a girl to boot. Her friends and family were proud. Waverly continued to play in tournaments and continued to do well and bring home first place trophies. Her mother even began giving her special treatment and letting her get out of things like chores and eating all her dinner. There was no stopping Waverly. She knew too many secrets, too many techniques. It seemed as though she was impossible to beat.