We Real Cool/We Die Hard By Robert Brooks Analysis

Analyzing the First Few Minutes of Die Hard The first few minutes of ‘Die Hard’ are extremely economic. They offer

Many authors use irony to make their writings more diverse, as well as to intensify the literary elements in the story. Shirley Jackson, writer of “The Lottery”, does this in her stories in order to leave the reader in suspense and confusion with her use of situational irony. She also uses dramatic irony to give the story a grotesque twist and to cause the reader more confusion about the characters’ morals. Verbal irony is used to intensify characterization as well as give the reader an insight into the true beliefs of those in the village. The use of irony in all three forms throughout the story adds an intensity to the development of many literary elements throughout the story.

Irony is used in many different types of texts for the purpose of teaching us a lesson. We experience irony in our lives through our own encounters as well as through texts and media. There are three types of irony: situational, verbal, and dramatic. Each type has a way of teaching us an important lesson, although some are more common than others. In the Poem “The Old Man’s Lazy” by Peter Blue Cloud, irony is used throughout the text, allowing us to learn from the characters’ mistakes.

​There are many different literary devices that are used in writing to enhance a theme or to carry those themes throughout a storyline. In The Hunger Games and The Road, irony is used in bringing attention to the theme of humanity and carrying it from beginning to the end of the novels. It is used in writing to contrast between “what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant” (Puchner i). In The Road, McCarthy uses irony to show the difference between what we would expect from a humane perspective and how those left have fallen so far from those expectations. One instance of this irony occurred when the father and son observed two men and a pregnant woman traveling on the road. Later, when these travelers were

This poem has four verses of two stanzas. The final word is ‘we’ in most lines. In the poem, the next line portrays the specific thing that the young people do. For example, the line “we left school.”Except for its subtitle ("THE POOL PLAYERS/SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL"), the poem consists of four stanzas and every stanza is a two-line couplet. Every word in the whole poem has a single syllable. This poem has a relatively new level because the rhyme of couplets is put in the middle place by the author. Therefore, the reader can find “cool/school" in the first stanza, and

5) The situational irony in the story is that in the beginning a fun filled happy day with a fun contest is expected and what actually occurs is something barbaric and murderous.

Brooks conveys her message in an ironic manner, which is presented in the title of the poem. Before actually reading the 10 line poem the first thing that grabs the reader's attention is the title. After reading the title "We Real Cool" one would assume that the intent of the poem is going to be about a group of people who are fortunate and live a flamboyant lifestyle. This is not the case for the "seven players" in Brooks's

“We Real Cool," by Gwendolyn Brooks is a fervent short poem that tells a story of teenage rebellion. This poem is a formal verse ballad which uses simple sentences that create a steady meter giving the poem a catchy jazz like quality. Although the poem is short, it packs a powerful message about youth. Gwendolyn Brooks centered her works predominately around the African American consciousness. During the 1960’s when the poem was written, many teens especially young African-American men felt misunderstood and like the world was set up for them to fail. On the surface, it appears this poem is a mere description of young adults that are misjudged. The deeper message of this poem addresses the dangers of peer pressure, and its detrimental effects to self-identity because of the disconnect between society and youth of that time.

People watch other individuals experience irony all the time. When something is ironic it means that the thing that was to happen, did not happen the way it was thought to happen. Sometimes irony happens to those who least expect it or irony happens to everyone. There have been songs, television ads, and stories written about irony or that have included ironic events or details. One piece of literature that contains a lot of irony is Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat”. Crane uses irony in many different ways in the story to tell of four individuals who survive their ship being wrecked and everyone else aboard has drown.

It is described in the subtitle that the seven pool players are at the Golden Shovel, which can inferred to be a pool room. Pool rooms are typically dimly lit and is ironic that this pool room is named golden which is seen as bright and symbolizes summer, youth, and daytime. It is also ironic that the pool players are described to have aimless lives, which is anything but golden. A shovel is symbolic of hard work and manual labor, but the pool players are ironically described to not be hard working. After reading the last line, shovel can be seen to be symbolic of grave digging, which exemplifies the theme of mortality. Another symbol is the number of pool players. Seven is considered a lucky number in gambling and is very likely that gambling was taking place in this pool room. The number seven also symbolizes the seven deadly sins alluding to the Bible. Brooks also intentionally makes the grammar mistake of not using the verb “are” in the title and first line. This grammatical error is symbolic of the pool players not being in school. Brooks’ use symbolism throughout her poem helps convey her message and strengthen her argument.

Irony is being used to describe that life goes on. In stanza one it says “when Icarus fell it was spring” (Williams). Spring puts off a new way of life in the picture with the flowers and the grass growing while people were planting crops. In the last stanza it says, a" splash quite unnoticed this was Icarus drowning” (Williams). Icarus was drowning; this is ironic because in stanza one there is visual image that there is a new life, then the poem ends with death of a young boy. Not only did Brueghel show in his painting that no cared about the drowning of Icarus but also William Carlos Williams wrote his poem to also show that no one cared about a young boy drowning. “Williams does not dwell on the images of the poem, showing us even less than Auden does” (Cole). In the painting things are shown more clearly, so the things that are stated in the poem will be more interpreted when the picture is visible. Williams does not give much detail about the painting, because he is only writing a poem about it the painting. He does give enough detail to where the reader will understand what is going on in the

     Irony is a main theme in Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery.” The irony in the story can be separated into three main

The use of irony in this article is demonstrated by a variety of examples. One example of this, is how the article starts off by having a quote that says “…perhaps the true path to contentment is to learn to be a loser.” (Buckeman, n.p) This is true irony because everyone believes that success ties in with happiness, not failure. With that being said, another example that contemplates irony is the development of a museum in a city outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan, which is a “memorial to humanity’s shattered dreams.” This business was created by a man named Robert McMath, who simply developed the business by accident and made success with products that have been unsuccessful. This business contains the failed products of people who started off with an idea and simply letting it go due to the idea of failing. Most designers from

"Irony is a device that protects him (the artist) from the pain of his experience so that he may use it objectively in his art(Susquehanna. "New Critical")." In The Glass Menagerie, it is ironic how Tom speaks badly of his father and his leaving home but in the end he leaves home just like his father, the man "in love with long distances (Williams 30)''. The fact that Amanda wants what is best for her children is ironic because she worries so much over it that she doesn't realize what is best for them.

The poem “We Real Cool” is a very powerful poem, although expressed with very few words. To me, this poem describes the bottom line of the well known “ghetto life”. It describes the desperate and what they need, other than the usual what they want, money. Without actually telling us all about the seven young men, it does tell us about them. The poem tells of the men’s fears, their ambitions, and who they think they are, versus who they really are.