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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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    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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    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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    ‘The real meaning of a poem cannot be summed up by the dictionary definitions of its words.’ This is simply because‚ words and phrases are written very carefully to its best level. Poems like ‘Ode to the West Wind’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ are great examples‚ whose real meaning cannot be defined by the dictionary definitions. Utilizing effective and innovative techniques such as rhetorical figures‚ tropes‚ rhymes and rhyme scheme‚ alliteration‚ assonance‚ and other key concepts such as form

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    small‚ insulated space inside of a refrigerator‚ an air conditioner cools a room‚ whole house‚ and/or entire business. Air conditioners use chemicals that easily convert gas to a liquid and back again. Extreme heat has a clear negative impact on the intellect and on physical activity and the use of air conditioning can go some way to rectifying this. It improves comfort levels at work and at leisure. It improves job performance. It can result in increased physical and intellectual activity. Air

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    Honors 1-18-12 Relative Solubility of Transition Elements Introduction: In this lab we evaluate the solubility of compounds of iron‚ copper‚ zinc‚ and mercury in both water and acid. Coming into the lab we know that iron‚ copper‚ and zinc are all found in the the same row of the periodic table‚ while zinc and mercury are found in the same column. The transition metals are found in groups 3 to 12 and periods 4 to 6. Rows are known as periods and columns are known as groups. They share characteristics

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    Goal: Slideshow For Real Cool Nation Total word count in this document: Title: Do You Have Chronically Bad Breath? Here’s How To Stop It Almost 25 percent of people suffer from this oral bacterial condition and don’t even know it. Severe bad breath can be a system of tonsil stones. Tonsil stones are hardened accumulation of sulfur-producing bacteria and debris that get trapped near your tonsils. Though this doesn’t sound like an easy fix‚ there’s no need to worry because most of the time they’re

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    Comparison of a Theme Death can be written in many ways throughout poetry. Authors may sometimes use their own experience to write about what death means to them. Their words and writing styles are different than others who have the same theme in their poetry. This is what makes poetry so unique and beautiful. To be able to determine what each author’s difference is‚ you must analyze and compare their poems. This will help see how one theme can be written in multiple ways. In the poems‚ “Funeral

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    becoming common practice to note how gender is presented in the media. Nowadays media is so much more accessible than it has been in the past because more people are being exposed to it. In lecture‚ Dr. Lovas spoke about how we learn gender roles through experience and what we witness; and in turn influence our gender role norms. In their study of gender in Disney movies‚ Towbin‚ Haddock‚ Zimmerman‚ Lund‚ and Tanner (2004) said‚ “The accumulated experience [of media exposure] contributes to the cultivation

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