A Consequence of Being Cool In "We Real Cool"‚ Gwendolyn Brooks is describing the thoughts of seven high school dropouts that have gathered together at the Golden Shovel‚ a local pool hall. These teenagers boast about staying out late‚ dropping out of school‚ and committing sins. Each one of them is aware that death will ultimately be the outcome of their destructive lifestyles‚ but they are willing to accept their fate because they want to continue to be "cool." The language that is used
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The Child in the Basement by David Brooks‚ is “a critique of American moral life”. Its basic themes are scapegoating‚ morality and duality of human nature‚ along with political ideology. It throws light on the social contact in Omelas‚ when one child is locked in basement and suffers horribly to make other’s lives happy and comfortable. This way‚ the story is basically a parable about exploitation‚ and a challenge to the utilitarian mind set of present days. In short‚ this fiction story‚ covers
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2012 How to Be Cool (For Guys) Alright so do you want to be cool? Have you always been looking for some guide or tutorial on how to get others to look at you and say‚ “Man‚ he’s cool?” Well here it is. If you nearly wet your pants and called your mother that you finally found a way to stop being called ‘nerd’ or ‘loser’ after coming upon this article‚ this just might not be for you. If you still have a little speck of hope left that you may have a breakthrough and come out as ‘cool‚’ then listen
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York City‚ 1998" prologue that begins this memoir. What is it‚ exactly that Ishmael’s friends find so "cool" about his past? Do you think his friends‚ after reading this book‚ would still feel that way? Do you think American children‚ in general‚ think war is cool? Explain." Some people want what they can’t have‚ but do not think of the reality of it. Ishmael’s friends think it is so “cool” that “he saw people running around with guns and shooting each other” but do not understand how dangerous
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become the Prodigal Sons as David Brooks analysis in the article called Prodigal Sons written on February 17‚ 2014. The prodigal sons is a story about a family whose father gives inheritance to his young son. The young son leaves the house but older son stays to help his father. Afterwards‚ the young son comes back to his father with no money. David Brook believes the middle and upper classes are older son and lower classes are young son. America’s society defend Brooks’ idea of Prodigal Son occurring
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In today’s world in North America and education is given to almost all of the population‚ but there are still those who are in such poverty they aren’t able to go to even the lowest coast school. In the poem Of the Education of Children by Hannah Brooks-Motl‚ it talks about how students were planted into the classroom. They were given sun‚ dirt‚ and water to help them grow. They sprouted from a seed and ended up blossoming into a flower. Sun‚ water‚ weeding‚ the circle of growth‚ but some
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13 Insanely Cool Resumes That Landed Interviews At Google And Other Top Jobs One looks like a movie poster. Another is a Facebook profile. One even requires a bar code. Are these insanely creative resumes a waste of time? Possibly‚ but these resumes landed job interview for their creators. We asked career coaches if and when it pays to be creative. The consensus: It depends where you’re applying to. "Your resume has to dress the part‚" says career counselor Lynn Berger. "Just like you wouldn’t
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In the film ‘Cool Runnings’ directed by Job Turteltaub had taught me many valuable lessons for future life. Also a character had stood out for me whom is known as Derice‚ which had taught me even more. He has taught me about commitment‚ determination and also leadership and this is how it has compacted for myself. To begin with‚ Derice showed me that commitment could take me to the ultimate limit. Turteltaub used techniques such as close-ups on Derice’s running shoes and his face. Meanwhile‚ as
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There are many things that Brook Trout need so that they can survive in their environment. One element they need is fresh water. Brook Trout can have zero pollution in their aquarium. To make that happen we have something called a water filter‚ it cleans and it makes sure that there is no pollution in the water. Another element that the Brook Trout need is oxygen. All trout need 7-10 ppm of oxygen. If oxygen is too low in the water the trout would become slow and would maybe even die. They
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The Cool Web Children are dumb to say how hot the day is‚ How hot the scent is of the summer rose‚ How dreadful the black wastes of the evening sky‚ How dreadful the tall soldiers drumming by. But we have speech‚ to chill the angry day‚ And speech‚ to dull the rose ’s cruel scent. We spell away the overhanging night‚ We spell away the soldiers and the fright. There ’s a cool web of language winds us in‚ Retreat from too much joy or too much fear We grow sea-green at last and coldly die
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