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    of young people who wants to live their lives in their way. They do not care about anybody and does not want other to care about themselves. Poet illustrates us to how teenager’s life goes from good to worst. “We Real Cool” is a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks in 1959. Living your teen life like there is no tomorrow have detrimental an effect in your and as well as in your parent’s life. The poem is about the seven dropouts who want to build a pool on their school. As the poem

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    dead? You will need to be prepared to protect your friends and family; however, you will also need the mind set to not be afraid to leave one behind. You will always have to be ready for the worse situations. The novel, “World War Z,” written by Max Brooks leaves readers with a lot of knowledge about zombies. Although many may not believe in a zombie apocalypse happening, “World War Z,” provides zombie knowledge and many survival tips; however, will those tips help a human survive this horrifying act

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    Poetry Essay “We Real Cool”, Gwendolyn Brooks 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

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    Introduction This paper will be used to present one of the project problems mentioned in the text of the book “The Mythical Man Month” by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. In addition, I will present my answers to the questions about the intangibility of the software and the increasing cost connected with higher reliability requirements. The last part presents my views which dependability attributes could be most crucial in four real life systems. Body Question 1: Using The Mythical Man Month reading found

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    We Real Cool “We Real Cool” is a poem that was written by poet Gwendolyn Brooks in the year of 1959. This poem states that the black young people in the United States went through to make a clear definition of themselves and tried to seek their values in the late fifties and early sixties, young kids knowing they are different from the society, so they started their abandonment from a young age, they give up school because they know they cannot be accept as other white kids, they were caught

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    What is more important, a person 's race or their character? Gwendolyn Brooks wrote poems about African Americans and their everyday struggles. Brooks’s poems “We Real Cool”, “The Mother”, and “Gay Chaps at the Bar” help to demonstrate the racial discrimination that African Americans face in their everyday lives. Gwendolyn Brooks has said that her poetry was written for blacks and about blacks, yet any person or race can relate to the universal themes portrayed in her pieces. Poets use universal

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    Michael Kohut, who is a staff writer for The Statesman newspaper that has been circulating at Stony Brook University for more than fifty years. This article portrays the problems concerning printer malfunctions, the inaccessible buildings on campus due to sidewalk repairs, and the difficulty that it’s causing students. According to Kohut, there is no excuse for these problems on campus because Stony Brook is a notable university that should address issues before students arrive for the new semester

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    World War Z was written by Max Brooks and published in 2007. Max has two other books that are also about surviving a zombie apocalypse. The general maxim about zombie apocalypse books is that they are for pure entertainment; however, his books carry hidden messages that pertain to modern society. World War Z is an exceptional book of entertainment and knowledge. The book was created into a motion picture starring Brad Pitt because of the much kudos that Max Brooks received from readers. No book has

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    Author and renowned poet Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks discuses and describes many of the cruel and unfair treatment that African Americans have faced throughout our civilization. Brooks’ not only speaks on the racial prejudice of African Americans, but she also discusses the heartaches, the life, and the growth of African Americans as a people. Brooks’ poetry and stories are very similar to her own experience growing up as an African American woman. Brooks’ uses the symbol of death many times in her

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    The poem, We Real Cool, by Gwendolyn Brooks speaks through the voice of a young clique who believes it is “real cool.” Using slang and simple language to depict the teenage voice in first person, Brooks’s narrators explain that they left school to stay out together late at night, hanging around pool halls, drinking, causing trouble, and meeting girls. Their lifestyle, though, will ultimately lead them to die at a young age. But, despite an early death, the narrator expresses that they are “real cool”

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