...Latoya Griffin ENG 125 Instructor Anna Morrison May 28, 2014 The Pool Players The poem “The pool players” outlines the actual reality in which different youth from any diverse tends to face after leaving school. The poems’ content is systematically in a order simply because it opens up with portraying the ultimate scene of seven boys who surrounded a pool hall which was named the Golden Shovel. This line exposes the actual scene which the play had represented certain small gang who were in need of luck in order to achieve certain goal in their lives. Also the content of the play seemingly interested as result of implication whereby it implies the youngness of the players (Brooks, 1959). The poem`s content also exposes the certain illegal activities which were practiced by the boys discussed. What interested me are narrator words when exposing the facts by use of secret word “Lurk late” which shows that, a certain activities were taking place in the dark. The identification shows that, too much exposure to darkness makes somebody to be what he or she ought to be. The narrator uses the word “strike straight” showing that, the boys where seemingly trying to do something menacing. Perhaps, they committed crimes, rapes and murder as well since they were all undergoing through a rite of passage in their development (Brooks, 1959). The form of the poem “the pool players” was identified to have been determined by Colloquial rhythm (Haikus type of poem) the narrator tried...
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...It is evident that the poem “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks (1960) is a group of school age kids that are living on the “edge” so to speak. They leave school to go play pool, drink, and just be carefree with no concern of their education or their safety. Brooks (1960) used the words, “We Sing sin. We Die soon” which implies that they will die at an early age because of the life style they live it suggest they are living day by day on the street. The tone and irony are two literary devices used in this poem. The tone in the beginning is somewhat uplifting, but then quickly becomes saddened at the end when death is suggested. The other would be irony which is used many times throughout the poem. Brooks (1960) uses “SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL”, to set the scene of the poem. The word seven and golden usually implies lucky and money. The irony used: a pool hall would not normally be golden, it is usually very dark and a shovel usually brings hard work to mind and they are using a pool stick that doesn’t require any hard work. Just fun and games. The literary devices chosen implied that they have no real direction in their lives and no concern what so ever of their education or even themselves. Listening to the poem read aloud gives a whole different meaning in my thoughts and is so beneficial. Gwendolyn Brooks gives an introduction of the reading before she reads the poem aloud and explains why she wrote the poem. She saw these boys in passing of a pool...
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...Players Mary Bitela ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor: Michelle Pinkard 04/08/2013 I will be discussing The Pool Players a short poem written by African American Gwendolyn Brooks. The three elements that I found interesting in this poem will be reviewed. The elements are image, tone, and symbol. I will explain how these elements affected my response to the poem all together. In addition also explain my reaction to the contents of this short poem. Along with clarifying if these elements caused me to focus on just one aspect of this poem over other poems. When I first read this short poem. I was baffled as to what it meant. I reread it several times and still cold not comprehend what it meant. Then I listened to the We Real Cool speech given by the author of The Pool Players Gwendolyn Brooks. She goes on describing how she was inspired to write this poem. Brooks goes on to explain how one day she was walking in her community one afternoon during school time. As Brooks was passing by a pool hall she saw a seven little boys shooting pool in that pool hall. “ Seven boys in a pool during school time. The pool players, seven at the Golden Shovel”, (Flynn, Richard, 2000, "The Kindergarten of New Consciousness": Gwendolyn Brooks and the Social Construction of Childhood). Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2901386. “ Brooks goes on to explain instead of asking herself, why are they not in school? She asked herself , I wonder how they feel about themselves? Did...
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...Writing about Literature –Com 1102 September 28, 2011 “We Real Cool” “We Real Cool” is a very short poem that can have a different meaning and theme depending on the reader. I did some background information on Gwendolyn Brooks, the author of this poem, and I realized that knowing some of her background information really helps the reader. By knowing this information the reader can understand and appreciate her poem and its message. During a public reading Mrs. Brooks is known for saying, “I wrote [We Real Cool] because I was passing by a pool hall in my community one afternoon during school time, and I saw, therein, a little bunch of boys – I say there in this poem, seven – and they were shooting pool. Instead of asking myself, “Why aren’t they in school?” I asked myself, ‘I wonder how they feel about themselves?’ and just perhaps they might have considered themselves contemptuous of the establishment…” (Shmoop Editorial Team) This quote helps the reader understand the thought process of Brooks and helps define the general message of how the boys were wasting their time. “We Real Cool” has astoundingly only a subtitle and eight lines. The first sentence we read which is the subtitle says, “The Pool Players. /Seven at the Golden Shovel.” (860) Brooks starts the poem by introducing seven pool players at a local pool hall called the “Golden Shovel”. (860) I found the name of the pool hall intriguing because it means much more than a shovel that is gold. Gold can imply...
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...Thompson ENWR 106 March 9th, 2015 Tarnished Gold Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African- American female poet to win the Pulitzer Prize and went on to serve as the U.S Poet Laureate from 1985-1986. Among Brooks’ many works is the short poem; “We Real Cool” which sums up the reality that youths will have to face if they lose school. “We Real Cool” was written during the Civil Rights Movement in 1959, a period of great segregation. In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to segregate schools in the case of Brown vs Board of Education, however segregation was still prominent in society and this frustrated many African- Americans. Aside from separation, the effects of Segregation caused a lot of black youths to lose sight of their role in society and what it meant to have a bright future. By being told that they do not belong numerous times, being victims of prejudice and being treated as inferior they began to impact their outlook on life. Consistently being told that they have no future led youths to believe that it was nothing more than a false pretense, as seen in the boys who seem to be struggling with identity. Anyone who has ever played hooky can relate to “We Real Cool”, instead of attending school seven young men decide to hang out at a bar and play pool. Brooks is attempting to send a message through her poem and she accomplishes this through the use of symbolism and word choice. According to Gwendolyn Brooks, one day as...
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...In Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool,” the speaker’s attitude towards the seven players is very harsh and judgmental. The speaker is trying to get into their heads and trying to imagine what the boys think of themselves. She does not display any concern or care for the young men; rather the speaker is being strident and critical of their actions. At first, readers may confuse the speaker as being the pool players because of inclusion the pronoun “we”; however, the speaker could be someone that works at the Golden Shovel, who is observing the players’ every move. The speaker is forming a negative vibe and persona of the boys based on their rebellious attitude that only leads to them to “Die Soon” (8). After analyzing the subtitle of the poem, Brooks utilizes the literary device, juxtaposition, to foreshadow the pool players’ fate....
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...Poem Analysis “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks portrays a fasting living life and dying young. It talks about rebellious youngsters who are not fond of attending school so skip and find solace and pleasure at a pool. This poem holds the whole lives of a teenage gang, from their coolness to their demise. It could be a motto, it could be a song, a chant, a lyric rage against the powers that be. It has end rhyme and internal rhyme which is technically full – cool and school, sin and gin and the repetitive we; this is rhyme that binds together the brotherhood of the gang. The poem is not too long to induce boredom. The tone is one of defiance and stubborn allegiance to the gang. This is a group...
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...The poem We Real Cool was written by Gwendolyn Brooks. The poem expresses the quality of life in the city for young African-American men in the early 1960`s. This poem is short but has a powerful message behind it. The poem is about troubled teens who enjoy being in the streets and that if they continue this lifestyle they will end up dead. The boys are not too fond about attending school so, they skip and go to a pool facility. The poem makes it seem as if the boys do not care about their education and want to live a bad lifestyle. The poem gives the reader an idea about how the author feels about young pool players. Throughout the poem the author uses symbolism, imagery, irony and tone. The title of the poem is ironic, “We Real Cool” contradicts the last...
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...Devin Murray English 101 Professor Molitoris March 18, 2014 A Breakdown of Two Small But Powerful Poems Robert Frost’s “Fire and Ice” poem and Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool” are ten lines or less but are poems that are extremely powerful and influential. Robert Frost talks about death but if the world ended, how would an individual want to die. Would an individual rather die by burning to death or being frozen to death? Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem is about a group of young black men who have no potential or future. All in all these poems have a vivid sense of imagery, an inspirational theme, and an odd rhyme scheme and meter. Although these two poems have two completely different subjects, they make you think and actually begin to questions certain aspects of life. In Brooks’ she sets the scene along with her characters and setting before even starting the poem. She lets know the characters are seven pool players, at the Golden Shovel. The Golden Shovel is a metaphor for these teenagers digging their own grave, when they’re supposed to be having fun, because they’re in their golden years. In lines 2-4 of her poem she talks about how the teenagers dropped out of school, stay out late, and that they commit crimes head on. This is a great example of imagery, because one can easily imagine young African-American kids not having anything to do after they dropped out of school and start to do illegal things. Therefore Brooks’ gave a great name for the setting, the Golden Shovel...
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...Elements of sound can be described as devices that are used by poets to reinforce meaning and themes into poetry. Poets can use sound devices such as alliteration, the repetition of two or more consonant sounds in successive words in a line of a verse or prose (Kennedy and Gioia, 2052) or rime, which is when two or more words that contain identical or similar vowel sound (Kennedy and Gioia, 2074). In the two pieces “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke the poets use a combination of rime, rhythm and meter to get the poem’s meaning across. The poem “We Real Cool” uses rhythm, the pattern of stresses and pauses in a poem, to get across the poet Gwendolyn Brooks’ theme. “We Real Cool” is about a group of boys that should be in school but decide to skip to go do something that is considered “cool”. Brooks uses an imitative tone while simultaneously, questioning of a group of the boys in a pool hall’s lives. Questions come up like “What are they doing here?” and “Shouldn’t they be in school?” but the bigger question is how do they feel about their lives. The poem implies the message that the boys in this pool hall are unhappy with their everyday lives, so they feel the need to pretend to be something else, something “cooler”. By using certain elements of sound Brooks shows the readers that she believes that these boys in the pool hall are trying to be something they are not. The poem also gives the reader a feeling of nostalgia. It brings the...
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...Victory Wulah TRE-125 November 23, 2014 Professor Yergen A Child’s Christmas in Wales Analysis A Child’s Christmas in Wales is the third theatre production put on by Grand Canyon University’s Ethington Theatre. Since it is the holiday season I appreciate the fact that a Christmas production was offered for us to see. I can tell that very hard work was put in to making this theatre production because all of the aspects in the play worked together to form an outstanding performance. I really enjoyed this production because it was very well put together, the acting was great, and because it spread holiday cheer! In this theatre production, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, the story is told through the eyes of a little boy. To my understanding, this play was a glimpse of what it was like to be a little boy growing up in Wales during the holiday season. Although I really enjoyed watching this production, I felt that there was no real plot to the story. This has nothing to do with Ethington Theatre, I just think this play was written without any real troubles or problems to bring cheer and happiness to people. I think this play was written to remind people of childhood memories and to show how much peace and happiness Christmas can bring to not only a little boy, but to everyone. I do have to admit that this play did exactly that and got me excited for this holiday season! The set for this production was built very nice and simple. I loved the simplicity of the set because I...
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...1. INTRODUCTION This proposal aims for getting approval from headquarter to hold the event – “Cool-EST phenomena” as part of the “B-EST” marketing campaign. The purpose of the event is to obtain significant attention in the soft drink market as a new player and to make an impact on customers’ mind, thus boost sales performance of our new product – EST Cola. This event focuses on getting consumer’s responses and communicating with them. In order to target on our main target customers range from 20-30, one of the marketing strategies to be used is celebrity endorsement. Through this, we want to create an energetic atmosphere which align with our marketing strategy and contribute to our brand image. The format of funfair is selected to give our company an opportunity to have directly contact and communication with our customers. 2. STRATEGY 2.1 Vision “To accelerate brand awareness and promote our newly launched product - EST.” 2.2 Mission Our mission is to familiarize our target customers and the Bangkok public with our new product – EST Cola through an interactive marketing campaign, hence to boost future sales and meet with the financial and strategic goals of our company. 2.3 Objectives Economic goal | Long-term: * Supporting the corporate goal of being the market leader in Cola beverage segment in 3 years * Negotiating long-term contracts with suppliersShort-term: * Boosting total sales by 25% | Attendance goal | Long-term: * Attracting re-participation...
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...person, objects, visual, audio, language, nonverbal gestures 2.) Four means of understanding the “popular” aspect of popular culture * Well-liked * Measured by success usually in ratings and sales * Well-known * Recognized globally * Example: Paris Hilton * Targets a general wide audience (“mass culture”) * Commercial media that is for general consumption * Directed to the common people * Belongs to the people * Invokes a individuals tradition and roots 3.) Cool hunters are people who go around looking for the next person that is considered cool and what will be the start of a next new trend. They research the underground trends of fashion-forward youth in order to appropriate them for mass consumption. The triumphant circularity of cool hunting refers to: * No coherent philosophy of cool * Can’t manufacture cool, only observe it * Must be cool to know cool * Look for people first and cool things later 4.) 5.) The functionalist approach argues that the explanation for popular culture is our obsession with “mass entertainment” in terms of their social uses or their function in generating solidarity among individuals within large and anonymous communities. It also emphasizes how the symbols, rituals, and practices surrounding its production and consumption can bring people together as a social adhesive by generating a shared sense of social solidarity and reinforces the collective conscience. The critical...
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...MMAN4400 Report – Cool Moose Creamery Feasibility Analysis Group 11 MMAN4400 Engineering Management Cool Moose Creamery Feasibility Study Group 11 MMAN4400 Report – Cool Moose Creamery Feasibility Analysis Group 11 Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 About Cool Moose Creamery .................................................................................................................. 3 Issue Analysis .......................................................................................................................................... 4 Key Factors of Success (KFS) ............................................................................................................... 4 Customer service ............................................................................................................................ 4 Local Brand...................................................................................................................................... 4 Efficient Business Structure ............................................................................................................ 4 Wide range of choice ...................................................................................................................... 4 S.W.O.T ..........................................................................
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...symbol are written the capacity (in dozens of cookies) and the cycle time (in minutes). 1. How long will it take for you to fill a rush order? Assuming this order is for one dozen cookies, we will need to do the following: |Activity |Resource |Cycle Time |Start Time |Finish Time | |Order Entry |E-mail |0 minutes |00:00 |00:00 | |Wash Bowl, Mix |Self |6 minutes |00:00 |06:00 | |Fill Tray |Self |2 minutes |06:00 |08:00 | |Prepare Oven |Roommate |1 minute |08:00 |09:00 | |Bake |Oven |9 minutes |09:00 |18:00 | |Remove |Roommate |0 minutes |18:00 |18:00 | |Cool |None |5 minutes |18:00 |23:00 | |Pack, Collect Money |Roommate |3 minutes |23:00 |26:00 | Therefore, the minimum time to fill an order is 26 minutes. We can illustrate the sequence of events with a Gantt chart: [pic] 2. How many orders can you fill in a night, assuming you are open four hours each night? Here is a Gantt chart for two batches...
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