In the poem‚ Narcissa‚ Gwendolyn Brooks shows the importance of imagination through childhood‚ and how being different can be embraced as a positive quality. The poem is about a young girl who plays by herself as a happy child because she is surrounded by magical worlds within her own creativity. While the poem also alludes to the greek myth of Narcissus‚ it also accepts creativity and the power of imagination. Within the first stanza we are introduced to Narcissa who is presented differently from
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elongate or shorten their lives. Brooks’ “ We Real Cool ” describes seven friends and the results their choices induce after leaving school and escaping the norms that show liberation. The poem exudes a jazzy rhythm and mood which accentuates the players and scene. In “ We Real Cool” the author is able to show‚ the theme of pride and the consequences of the choices people make with his utilization of irony and repetition. The repetition and utilization of “ We” shows the theme of pride by relating
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Research paper topic: Gwendolyn Brooks Research paper title: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks Outline I. Introduction A. B. Thesis statement: Gwendolyn Brooks deserves her place in the literary canon because she won many awards and honorary degrees‚ she fought for African-Americans through the themes of her poems and for her writing style. II. Background A. She was born in Topeka‚ Kansa to David and Keziah Brooks. They moved to Chicago‚ Illinois‚ not long after her birth (Jackson 1163). B. She wrote
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Mother by Gwendolyn Brooks There are a good number of issues in the world that stand unsolved. The debates on some of them are on for ever and ever but a feasible solution has never risen in the horizon. The most prominent among these perennial issues is abortion. It is a topic that has been subjected to serious debate across all the parts of the world. However‚ so far we have arrived at a convincing answer to believe abortion to be secure and justified or as a heinous crime of the humanity. We have
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In the past African American people weren’t treated with the same respect they are treated now. People used to have very negative views about colored people‚ therefore the discrimination towards African American began. In the poems “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks and “Harlem” by Langston Hughes the two authors wrote about the racism that people of color had to experience. These two poems were written by authors that were part of the
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Jasmine Richardson ENGL289P: Why Poetry Matters Weiner Exercise Two The Mother Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks’ “The Mother” is a poem depicting the flow of heartache stemming from the regret of abortion. The speaker reflects on this emotional situation that has lived with her‚ haunting her thoughts even after the procedure. The conflict between the title of the poem and its content immediately confuses the reader‚ adding to the overall conflict between maternity
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children but aborted one‚ are you still a mother? Abortion was and still is a controversial issue in America. When you abort a child‚ you are taking the life of someone’s niece‚ nephew‚ cousin‚ aunt‚ best friend‚ soul mate‚ etc. In “the mother”‚ Gwendolyn Brooks challenges the controversy of abortions and motherhood by illustrating how the speaker feels trapped in her sorrowfulness and guilt. The title‚ “the mother”‚ contradicts the speaker who has aborted her children. Abortions can be spontaneous
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As the sentence suggests the poem “We real cool” is about teenagers who identify themselves as rebels. On the first read‚ the poem seems to be defiant statements made by black Americans. It has an element of bravery that seems defensible and almost desirable. There is a pride in the tone. Pride in rebelling the conventional ways of the society and disobeying several legal structures. They escape the drudgery and dullness of being in school thus opening many possibilities. There is however a change
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“The Mother” Gwendolyn Brooks In the poem “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks‚ she touches on the controversial issues abortion; and the pain that every mother must face in case they choose to get their child aborted. The author gives a broad and general dramatic description on how mothers may feel after the whole situation. Throughout the poem the speaker show signs of grief‚ regret and pain. Also the speaker’s bring us to her emotional state of mind and expresses her point of view. “The Mother” can
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"We Real Cool"‚ by Gwendolyn Brooks can be regarded as one of the most influential poems for the black community in the 1960’s. Brooks displays intense passion within the poem. If the reader does not feel the black struggle within the poem‚ they should read it again. Brooks wrote this poem at the peak of the black oppression in America. Blacks in America were not giving voting rights‚ and basically were second class citizens. Many blacks felt as though school could not help them in a system that
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