seen as masculine and raunchy. What’s even worse is that women further bury their own gender by slut-shaming other women‚ implying that what men do to them to undermine their worth – catcalling‚ objectifying‚ and trivializing – is acceptable. In Gwendolyn Brooks’ “the mother‚” she talks about the struggles of a woman who goes through abortion. While in Ariel Levy’s “Women and the Rise of Raunch
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Text Response 3 The poem “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks describes the frailty of life from the point of view of a few guys playing pool. They know that the choices they make will affect them in far greater ways in the future‚ yet they still wish to do what they do because life will end no matter what.. For some inconsequential reason the guys continue to “[l]urk late… [s]ing sin… [t]hin gin… [and j]azz June” (Brooks 3-7). They know that what they are doing is wrong‚ because of the fact that
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The poem We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks focuses on what activities the troubled group of seven teenagers partake in to make them appeal cool. The symbolism‚ imagery and tone shown in‚ “We Real Cool” shows how losing one’s identity to become part of a uncaring group in adolescence and social norms will lead one to an early visit to the grave. Gwendolyn uses symbolism throughout her poem to get the readers to perceive the poem in an abstract way. In the subtitle‚ the word “golden” symbolises daytime
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in will lead too their death. In " We Real Cool "‚ Gwendolyn Brooks uses denotation and sound devices to suggest that‚ although some African - Americans may often think of themselves as being cool for dropping out of school‚ they know in truth that dropping out will give them time
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Although it is not included here‚ I am familiar with the work of Gwendolyn Brooks. The poem is just eight lines‚ but it tells of the gang’s whole lives. There are many instances of end rhyme and internal thyme‚ sin/gin‚ cool/school‚ as well as the repetitive we. The poem suggests the closeness of the group. The tone is that of resistance of an uncompromising gang. Lurk late‚ left school‚ strike straight‚ sing sin‚ and thin gin are all examples of this. There is a mix of long and short vowels
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their objections and judgments‚ opening a room to rethink and explore on the subject. Using two poet’s works as comparison‚ we can see how prosody can be represented in the text. Using selected poems by these two writers‚ Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks‚ also helps us in determining how significant prosody in the completeness of the poems. Born in 1902‚ Langston Hughes was raised mainly by his maternal grandmother‚ who was also a great influence in his life. Though he has also lived with each
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Malcolm Burk Preacher Reflection In the short story “Dance for the Devil” by Edward McCourt the preacher within the course of the story is the protagonist and a dynamic character. He comes across as a confident man unsure of his surroundings but true to his words. Coming into a lawless town as a man of religion on a mission to clean up coyote gully could be a daunting task. A very spiritual man when it comes to tasks because of his religious background. As a preacher he is quite distinctive
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1 A Synopsis of “A Preacher’ Dilemma; Author: Victoria Charles Giles; ©2013 Victoria Charles Giles 2013 The novel is a work of fiction but inspired by God. It is a fictional‚ murder‚ mystery‚ suspenseful- action- packed -thriller. Any references to real events‚ businesses‚ organizations‚ and locales are intended only to give the fiction a sense of reality and authenticity. Any resemblance to actual persons‚ living or dead is entirely coincidental. A Mega-preacher is leading a dual life
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The Distracted Preacher I. HOW HIS COLD WAS CURED Something delayed the arrival of the Wesleyan minister‚ and a young man came temporarily in his stead. It was the thirteenth of January‚ 18—‚ that Mr. Stockdale‚ the young man in question‚ made his humble entry into the village‚ unknown‚ and almost unseen. But when those of the inhabitants who styled themselves of his connection became acquainted with him‚ they were rather pleased with the substitute than otherwise‚ though he had scarcely as
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In John Wesley’s fourth sermon on the Sermon of the Mount‚ he makes the point that Christianity is a social religion. Christianity is not practiced in a vacuum. As Christians‚ he says‚ we gather as a community‚ holding one another accountable to the faith and being with one another as we grow in relationship with God. Beyond that‚ as a social religion‚ Christianity calls us to have an impact on our communities‚ to care about others‚ and to be involved in making social changes for the betterment
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