"We Real Cool" is a poem written by Gwendolyn Brooks in 1959. This poem is about some dropout students who were playing in a pool house when they should be in school. The poet demonstrates contradiction in the poem. This poem certainly appeals to certain group of people in the society. .
In Brooks's poem "We Real Cool", she expresses contradiction. On one hand, she wrote about their tragic lives; and on the other, their freedom is expressed in her poem. The bad grammar shown in the poem demonstrates the contradiction completely. It shows to the readers that they were poor educated and in lower status in the society. They were not respected from others. The line "We sing sin" also revealed that they were giving up on how others looked at them. They even praised sin. This leads to the idea that they had freedom, which others did not have. They could do whatever they wanted and not worried how others might think. They had pride in their doings. In addition, the "We" in the end of every sentence is emphasized when we are reading the poem. The "We" can carry out the pride in the dropout students when it is emphasized. The two words that follow the "We" are used to express what they are doing and the consequence v/s DIE. .
This poem sure describes the life style of the dropout students well. As a reader, the feelings towards the dropout students are passed on from the poet to us.
Gwendolyn Brooks, author of "We Real Cool", was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1917. ... How ironic is the symbolism of being real cool and digging your own grave with a big golden shovel? ... Rhyme is widespread all through the poem beginning with lines 1 - 2 where the speaker says "We Real Cool. ... We/Sing Sin." ... We/Thin Gin" (Lines 5-6), and consonance in "Real Cool" (Line1) "Thin Gin" (Line 6). ...
The poem "WE REAL COOL," by Gwendolyn Brooks goes against all the ground rules set for a modern day society and is sending out the message to live life to the fullest. Many people consider themselves to be cool. Stanza 1, lines 1 and 2 says "WE REAL COOL WE SKIP SCHOOL," meaning teenagers of this day and time do certain things like skip school, fight, and go to the Principal's office because they want to be looked upon as being a cool person. ... This is the only way some teenagers know how to achieve the goal of being cool and also having fun. ... In conclusion, unlike many o...
Literary Techniques in "We Real Cool" Gwendolyn Brooks uses literary techniques such as dialect, ironic point of view, and syntax to accentuate the theme and persona in "We Real Cool." The speaker, or persona, in "We Real Cool" has a black dialect. ... In the phrase "We real cool," (1) the verb is omitted, which accentuates the pool players" lack of education. ... We" (2) is read, the word "we" stands out, and the pool players" togetherness is understood. ...
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[Wes's father] began to explain what [Wes] did wrong and why [his] mother was so angry. ... Wes's father taught Wes an incredibly important lesson that day, that helped him keep his cool in future situations and not react with violence. Wes knew what a real man looked like, and could model himself after his father, even if he remembered very little about him. ... This was real respect, the kind you cant beat or scare out of people (96). ... Tony, the other Wes Moore's brother became involved in the drug game long before Wes, but wanted Wes to have nothing to do with it. ...
Schools are not preparing us enough, we do not have the teachers we need, there also seems to be a lack of engagement that is created by this system of teach, teach, teach, where students do not get to see past the lecture and don't get to see how their education will help them in real world situations. ... They said they wanted to be doing something real, not just sitting around.... " Increasing the incentive to teach will definitely yield out the teachers we need to educate our children. ... We must impose a system where learning is cool. ... Let's make leaning the new cool....
"We were all dangerous characters then. ... We read Andre Gide and strike to elaborate poses to show that we didn't give a shit about anything."... So, on this base the main characters create the image of cool guy, bad character, which usually is considered to be a very cool stereotype for youth. ... They think bad is cool until they run into a situation where they question, until they meet someone who are badder characters then they are, until they have to fight with real bad characters. ... He cannot manage this situation as a real bad character. ...
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