Left of Cool

Gwendolyn Brooks’s “We Real Cool” commonly typifies her work and exists, for many readers, as the most visible of her poems. High school and college students who have encountered her writing have likely read little more than this single poem. The reason for both the ubiquitous nature of this work and the universality of its appeal, especially among younger audiences, is manifest in both the structure and subject matter of the poem. Richard Flynn writes that “Brooks’s work has used the image and voice

Gwendolyn Brooks wrote the poem “We Real Cool” in 1959 and was published in1960, right in the middle of the civil rights movement and only a couple years after the Brown v. Board of Education trial, which challenged racial segregation in schools. In the poem, a group of kid’s drops out of school allowing them to have a lot of free time on their hands which often leads to criminal activities. Many have interpreted this poem in different ways. One possible interpretation that I feel strong about is

you can swim in the narrows.Those are only a few things you can do there. Zion’s state is Utah there are many cool facts about Utah,The state capital is Salt Lake City. The Great Salt Lake is four times saltier than the ocean. The name Utah came from the Ute Native Americans. In 1824 Jim Bridger found the Great Salt Lake. Utah became a state on January 4,1896. Utah has many cool features and places to visit, including Zion National Park. The history of Zion is unlike

“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

of the couples' personality. The left side of the alley presents a line of street lights giving off a bright color towards the front of the painting but farther ahead they seem to blend into the trees making it hard to distinguish between the trees and the lights. Whereas on the right side it can faintly be seen that there is lights off in the distance on the other side of the lake. There is also a considerable difference between the two sides. Height wise the left is very upfront and appearing to

determine whether or not they are “cool” or “uncool.” Later on in life, it is one's position in society which rules their position in society, not their social standing. What children must come to learn is that popularity is not everything. Children must learn

they introduced Mouth into the book, as this bubbly talkative kid who loved to say the first thing that had popped into his head. "Hey Scottie, watcha think? High school. It’s the big time. Were in high school man, that's so cool. Man, that is so so so cool. That is soooooo cool"(Lubar 8). This quote supports my answer because it shows how excited Mouth was to start the school year. He was bouncing off of the walls about how excited he was that he was in high school with his friends

specifically the couple, the trees, and the lights. Avremov uses the cool colored man and the warm colored woman to grab and pull the corresponding colors schemes together in the center through the couple. The settings on either side of the painting stick to their specific color scheme. When Afremov swaps the trend in the center of the painting it creates the focal point. The couple has a man depicting the dark color on the left side of the painting instead of the right. This is where all the other

decide as we were packing so i had my grandma pack my bags for me that made it really easy. It was funny what we packed my packed me close to last a whole month, it was crazy. So we were done packing so we went to bed early because the next day we left. We were so excited it was hard for me to fall asleep but somehow, i managed to go to sleep. I slept on the way there it was a long drive so packing was pretty fun. The next day we woke up got ready and then we started heading to the airport it

The poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks, portrays seven young teenagers skipping school and hanging out at the pool house the "Golden Shovel". They are socially defined by their rebellion, searching for self-fulfillment. The poem portrays their rebellious actions, as they spend most of their time skipping school, hanging out, drinking alcohol, staying out late and partying like there’s no tomorrow. Brooks uses the words, "Cool" (1),"Lurk" (3), and "Sin"(5) to indicate