The two poems We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks and Deliberate by Amy Uyematsu relate about rebellion and how significant being in a group can be for teenagers. By comparing these two poems that have the same topic we will study how two authors can write differently about the same subject. We Real Cool and Deliberate have the same topic‚ kids for whom the most important thing is to be in groups. The two poems relate about teenagers that are obviously not fond about attending school “We/ Left school”
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In the poem “We Real Cool”‚ the speaker describes what she sees one day in a Pool Hall in the South Side of Chicago‚ the late 1950’s. There she saw a group of young boys‚ perhaps too young to be there. The speaker wonders what the group of kids thinks of themselves and how cool they think they are. The poet brings up the issue that in society the youth takes pride in their aimless behavior. The speaker also suggests that the boys are living to the fullest‚
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the years. 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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The poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks is a stream of the thoughts of poor inner city African-Americans who have adopted a hoodlum lifestyle. Though many can have different interpretations of this poem‚ it is fair to look at the life and career or the works and influences of Gwendolyn Brooks. The life and art of the black American poet‚ Gwendolyn Brooks‚ began on June 7‚ 1917 when she was born in Topeka‚ Kansas. She was the first child of Keziah Corine Wims and David Anderson Brooks. When
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Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much with Us” and Gwendolyn Brooks’s “We Real Cool‚” the foolish are lamented for their ignorant ways that ultimately cost them dearly. While the bases for their actions lie within the contexts of these poems‚ the mainspring‚ upon which the behaviors depicted in these poems are built‚ is a compulsion to isolate. Ignorance may be bliss‚ but it often comes with consequences. The rebellious youths of “We Real Cool” dropped out of school‚ drank hard liquor‚ walked the streets
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teacher. Her works reflected and were based off of struggles and celebrations of individuals in her community. One of her poems‚ We Real Cool‚ is quite short but has much substance. Although it was written in 1959‚ some can say that this poem can also be set in the Prohibition Era. The poem lines‚ “We real cool. We / Left school. We / Lurk late‚” the narrator is saying how cool they are and also shows some type of excitement are because they are in a pool hall when they should be in school getting an
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In Gwendolyn Brooks “We Real Cool” we are given a four stanza couplet that shows the daily activities of seven young men that dropped out of school. What I found really fitting in this poem was how the rhythm of the poem related well to the lifestyle of these young men. Each line comes at the reader quickly. Much like the rapid fire delivery of the lines in the poem‚ these characters also live life quickly both literally and metaphorical. The poem is spontaneous as are the characters and each
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Assignments Week 11 10/23/2017 Assignments Week 11 1. “We Real Cool” Paraphrase: The overall message of the poem “We Real Cool” is stating that the subjects are‚ in simple terms‚ are losers. For example‚ the poem starts with‚ “We real cool. We Left school.” The poem proceeds to say that these men are staying out late‚ drinking gin‚ and playing pool. To further show the reader that the subjects are losers in the last two lines Gwendolyn writes‚ “Jazz June. We Die Soon.” The author is trying to tell us that
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“We Real Cool: Stay in School” It was a Wednesday on the final week of senior year and the only thing happening in my classes was the exchanging of yearbooks. I had already gotten signatures from all of my closest friends‚ except one who hadn’t been at school the past two days; his name was Frank Gerrity. He was a childhood friend who was always known for being a trouble maker‚ so it wasn’t unusual for him to ditch. After not having seen him in any of the classes we had together‚ I decided to pay
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Analysis of We Real Cool ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Professor Mike Knowles November 22‚ 2012 The poem “We Real Cool” was written in the 1960’s by the poet Gwendolyn Brooks. This poem illustrates the quintessence of seven troubled adolescents who will eventually succumb to the unfortunate likelihood that life can render a young Africa American male living the life in the fast lane during that era. “We Real Cool” is an interpretation of a group of young men Gwendolyn
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