Brown first earns the unruly students' attention when he proves they can't intimidate him—after all, he was them once. But then he earns their respect when he hustles Peanut in cards. As he finds his footing, he strengthens his voice, and soon introduces the students to his true love: chess. While teaching them the game forces them to settle down, focus and use their brains (which is a good thing), it also inspires Brown, and the film, to hammer us over the head with the notion that chess is a metaphor for life (which is a bad thing).
Think before you move! Protect your king! At the device's most obvious, Brown waxes poetic about the importance of the king just as one of his students is being shot to death in an alley.
Nevertheless, Brown is undaunted, and forges on with his instruction—which has now developed into a full-blown chess club in a run-down house he's rented and renovated. (All that sweeping, cleaning and painting with the kids' help provides fodder for one of the films' three, count 'em, three montages.) And Tahime has become his star pupil, with an untapped intellect and natural gift for the game.
Sin embargo, Brown impávido, prosigue con su enseñanza, la que evolucionó de una casa destartalada que alquiló y reacondicionó, a un club de ajedrez hecho y derecho. (Toda esta lavada de cara, limpieza y pintura con la ayuda de los chicos provee materia para uno de las tres películas, los considera para tres collages). Y Tahime resultó ser su alumno estrella, con un intelecto sin explotar y un talento natural para el juego.
Sin embargo, Brown no se desanima, y forja con su instrucción - que ahora se ha convertido en un club de ajedrez en toda regla en una casa destartalada que ha alquilado y renovado. (Todo el barrido, limpieza y pintura con la ayuda los niños proporciona forraje para una de las tres películas, contareles, tres montajes.) Y Tahime se ha convertido en su mejor alumno, con un intelecto generoso y un don natural para el juego.