Left of Cool

Dreams Deferred and Pleas for Help Unheard: The Effects of Racism Langston Hughes’s poem “Harlem” and William Faulkner’s “That Evening Sun” both provide unique and impactful takes on systematic racism in the post-slavery United States. Neither piece explicitly confronts or names the racism depicted in them, illustrating how casual racial prejudice and its effects on its victims are often viewed as inconsequential or innocent – and therefore are dangerously insidious. Both “Harlem” and “That Evening

people try to hold on to their adolescence. Although on the surface “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks, “In just” by E. E. Cummings, and “anyone lived in a pretty how town” also by E. E. Cummings do not seem to have a common theme, youthfulness and progression of life is an underlying theme in each poem. In “We Real Cool”, Brooks shows the theme of youthfulness by conveying teenagers being wreck less. “We real cool. We left school… We sing sin. We thin gin” (Brooks 551-552). These teenagers are resisting

there’s only one way to handle it.” In the beginning of the short story, “Way Too Cool,” by Brenda Woods, the main character Aston James is portrayed as a short-sighted, single-minded, and image-conscious asthmatic teen. Aston experiences two changes throughout this short story. The first change comes when he realizes there is more to life than being cool. But he immediately returns to his original state of mind of “being cool is everything,” when the second change occurs. At first I thought that he had

The poem “We Real Cool”, written by Gwendolyn Brooks, is about a group of seven young boys who abandoned school to live the street life. They can’t wait to live a fun carefree life, drinking, partying and ditching all responsibility. Throughout this poem, Brooks is sending a clear message to her reader with the use of rhyme and imagery she creates a lasting impression showing that dropping out of school in order to embrace the street life amounts to nothing in the end. Brooks begins her poem with

On the left of this photo, we see the tire pressure reading of my car outside, in the morning prior to driving, and on the right of this photo we see a tire pressure reading of the same tire after the car has been driven around for half hour in the afternoon on the same day. It can be seen that the pressure reading on the right is greater than it is on the left. When it comes to taking science and math classes, we are sometimes under the impression that we will never use or see equations or laws

is beautifully painted with curved lines, warm and cool colors, and it expresses emotion. The Scream’s curved lines are giving the image an uneasy feeling and adding dimension to the price of art. Having curves is making the painting unordinary. Even the person is in all curved lines, almost making it so that the brush strokes are being seen. The hands on the person in the painting are curving in the up and down directions rather than the left and right like the rest of the images. This gives the

In the poem “We Real Cool,” the speaker shows/reveals that he and his friends are tuff and are aggressive people. This shows how the speaker in the poem shows aggressiveness. Evidence to support this is on line 4 they say, “We strike straight.” This shows the narrator is aggressive and fights. Another reason that states the claim is that the speaker doesn't see much in the world and has most definitely had a hard life. Evidence to support this is on line 8 they say “We die soon.” This shows how the

In Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “We Real Cool” the speaker describes the life of seven troubled teenagers and the dire consequences that result from living a risky lifestyle. Brooks illustrates the lives of these teenagers using a variety of poetic devices and a unique form. The poem is quite short; only four stanzas, each being a two line couplet. Brooks’ intention was to send an important message to teenagers, her target audience for this poem. Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas

can be found in the sun and the island, cool colors can be found in the ocean and the sky, neutral colors were used when drawing the seagulls, the tree and debris on the island. I used overlap when drawing things on the island and the man on his boat. I used value shifting on on the ocean going top to bottom and the sky going left to right. I used complimentary colors when using blue on the sky and ocean and orange on the sun and island. Using warm cool and neutral gives the painting a more living

Poetry Analysis of “We Real Cool” By Gwendolyn Brooks “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