We Real Cool Denise P. Neeley ENG125: Introduction to Literature, Instructor: Erin Schwartz November 25, 2013 We Real Cool “We Real Cool” was written by Gwendolyn Brooks in 1960. This poem is short but powerful. It gives the reader an idea about how Brooks feels about young pool players. She uses diction, sound, characterization and form to present a deeper meaning in her work. She also effectively utilizes literary techniques such as rhythm, alliteration, and imaging that contribute to the overall theme.
In Brooks’s “We Real Cool” the poem describes how a group of teenagers have dropped out of school and have turned to the street life and how they hang around and play pool rather than attending school to get an education. For example, Brooks portrays the actions of the teenagers that she refers to as “We” in lines 1-3. “We Real Cool. We Left School. We Lurk Late (Lines 1-3) Brooks expresses the oppression of the teenager’s decisions while mentioning the suppression of the decision that has been made among the teenagers by saying “We Die Soon”.
‘Howl,’ by Allen Ginsberg, ‘Bowery Blues,’ by Jack Kerouac and ‘Bomb,’ by Gregory Corso share familiar traits with the lyrics from ‘Where is the love?’ by the Black Eyed Peas. Infact Beat poetry in general has a strong connection to Music especially Modern Jazz. ‘Howl,’ by Ginsberg and the lyrics from ’Where is the Love?’ by the Black Eyed Peas express similar topics such as the unsettling truth of the changing world. With the very first sentence of the song they question “what’s wrong with the world mama?” showing the concern in a frightened-like tone of the world’s many problems. In the first line of Ginsberg’s poem the speaker tells us that he has been a witness to the destruction of the “best minds” of his generation.
When she has a vision of her cousin Tab, she starts to realize she should head home. “Lisa, some people have lives. Some people are moving on. Some people aren’t wallowing in misery like they’re the only ones on earth who’ve ever had someone die on them.” “Screw you,” I said, stubbing out another cigarette. “You almost got killed last night, you know that?” I shrugged, too mad to speak.
My Captain! by Walt Whitman not being specific, there are many ways to read the poem because there are numerous explanations. A line that has numerous explanations would be, “O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;” (1).
While there, they meet a bunch of 7th graders who are scared of August and start beating him and Jack up. Then Julian’s “goons” come over and help August and Jack escape from the fight going on. When August gets back home, he goes to see the High school play his sister Via is in. He and his family are surprised to see that Via has switched to the lead part of the play. Afterwards, Via explains that Miranda was feeling “sick” and couldn’t do it, so she let Olivia do it.
The rumors are of Andy Evans. ¨Siobhan: rumor---he sleeps with anything.¨(Anderson 90) In this part of the novel Siobhan is rumoring about Andy Evans, This is another type of bullying in schools and other places.When is the bullying going to stop? Bullying continues to the end of the school year.Melinda is about to speak out what happened in the summer party to Rachel, at the beginning Rachel believes her, but when Melinda Mentions that Andy Evans was the rapper She insulted Melinda by
In the article “Anti Hero Definition”, a type of Anti Hero is a character who constantly moves from one disappointment in their lives to the next. An example of an anti hero is Holden from The Catcher in the Rye. In the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger is about a boy, Holden Caulfield, who is kicked out of his fourth school due to failure of academic skills. Holden, after a few days at Pencey, decides to leave Pencey and go stay at a hotel in New York. After a few days at the hotel Holden decides to leave and go home and visit his little sister Phoebe.
3: “There was music playing from my neighbors house through the summer nights” Ch. 4: “Gatsby doesn’t want her to know. Youre just supposed to invite her to tea Ch. 5: “Well suppose we take a plunge in the swimming pool?” Nick shows the reader how much money played a part in society with this quote. To the point that the person may not love you if they were aware of your bank account and social status.
Use the poems we read in class as your models to follow when you write your own. Remember, this is a "write-like" poem, so you should try to write like the authors of the poems below. Your poem should pose a question/situation/problem, a turning point, and a resolution - just like the sonnets did that we read in class. Sonnet 18 Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime