In chess, the pawn is, gen­er­ally speak­ing, the least pow­er­ful of the pieces on the board. The pawn is used as a “foot sol­dier” by the player. They are an inte­gral and vital part of the game, but are read­ily sac­ri­ficed by a player to achieve objec­tives. Look­ing at the pawn in this light reduces the pawn to the level of an instru­ment or a tool to be manip­u­lated by the player. Now for the anal­ogy.
A per­son who feels like a pawn in a chess match is feel­ing used or treated as expend­able to the pur­pose of some­one else’s ends. He’s just a tool to be applied for another’s gain, and no thought is given to his own worth by the indi­vid­ual mak­ing the deci­sions. The per­son who is a pawn is just a foot sol­dier in a big war, and the dan­gers he con­fronts and the per­sonal risks to which he is exposed are lost to the shot callers who decide what moves, where it moves to, and when it moves.
This sums it up for me, some days I feel like a pawn…well almost every­day lately!
With bills that have to get paid…children going this way and that…pressure of every­day life and not feel­ing as what you have to say really mat­ters.
Guess I can just be happy I am still on the board!