... Americans. In the poem, Brooks uses a variety of poetic devices including symbolism, language, musical devices and patterned repetition to express the irony of a "cool" lifestyle leading to an early grave. The italicized introduction to the poem is "The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel." It is especially ... makes it more understandable and readable. Rhyme is widespread all through the poem beginning with lines 1 - 2 where the speaker says "We Real Cool. We/Left School." Similar rhyme is used between each pair of linking phrases to aid in the repetitive nature of the poem. Such r...

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... the freedom of expression away form everyone- musicians and fans of every age. The increasing controversy surrounding rap music, with its rough-edged lyrics about sex and violence, has prompted two very different responses from black oriented radio stations in New York and Los Angeles. Two stations WBLS ... are portraying bad ideas, but they are just singing about what is all around us and what we see. It is not like saying theses lyrics are anything new. A person or a child is going to hear them regardless of any song with so-called profanity in them. The people ... recent rap hearings...

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... class. And so Luanne made use of it. But she didn't teach them singing or dancing, instead she brought the art of poetry to her class. She gave them the lyrics of Bob Dylan, a famous singer who makes his own songs. Ms. Johnson did get the class. Everyday she brings with her rewards like candy bars or chocolates for the whole ... daily experiences in life. From the mistakes that we did, for all the sorrows and pains that we feel. Nuggets of wisdom when we have our fathers while walking during cool summer nights, the food for thought that the elderly pass on to us from their generation. W...

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... there is what is called conformity. After a few people start wearing what is trendy not too long after everyone will be wearing it because they want to feel "cool- and that they are "fitting in- with everyone else. Fitting in is what the government wants you young adults to learn. The government wants you all to ... I can bet that none of you every thought that your school was a prison teaching conformity. The television tells you what is "cool- and "in style- to wear. Now think. Who really says what is cool and in style? Why don't you all wear bell-bottoms instead of the huge baggy jean...

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... present time. As of now I understood that I really appreciated composition sonnets and that individuals really delighted in understanding them. From that point forward I have really appreciated perusing, investigating and composing lyrics. Prior to this I took a gander at doing the greater part of this as right around an errand, or a discipline or something to that affect yet now that this has happened ... . This was my first experience that really made me appreciate something that needed to do with English class. Seeing as books never truly stood out enough to be noticed, however lyrics...

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... taking place is a bad dude. He states "We were bad". (112) I believe that the story takes place in the late 50's, and back then the word "bad" meant cool in certain social groups. Like in the movie "Grease" the greasers were bad and they often referred to themselves as bad. The narrator wore clothes with worn out knees and ... leather jackets. Most likely had slicked back hair and had breath that smelled like a brewery. At that time he thought it cool to be bad. Many other things came alone with being bad, most smoked pot, drank beer, loved many different girls and drove supped up cars. ...

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... they didn't want to do, and also I never made fun of somebody without them knowing that I didn't mean it. When I was in grade school I always set myself away from the "cool kids." To me they were snotty and mean. I could usually see who they were by the way they treated my brother. He was always the fat obnoxious kid. They never ... ", until they had proven themselves worthy. As I grew up into middle school, I tended to hang out with the cool kids in the Christian school that I transferred to. They weren't really cool; they were more like me. They were nice kids who made good role models...

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... less of a chance of being criticized. Even though peer pressure can have positive effects, but most of the time they lead to bad things. Teens have more pressure to be cool, and to be accepted that's what makes them rebel of do what mom or dad had always told them not to do. They may know that it is wrong but ... it is all about looking cool for that second, or being safe and listen to your parents. Actually, when you are faced with a situation that you know is wrong you don't think about what your parents ... think until you have already completed it and there is no turning back. Then...

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... 's there; even when we finished the Big Mac's, the Quarter Pounder orders came in, then Chicken McNuggets. "Drop some Cajun!- I could hear in the background from a manager that went from cool to serious to overwrought. During all the excitement, I would sneak in a couple of nuggets here and there just to stay calm. Having this job was ... cool and all, but it wasn't what I was in this big city to do. I mentioned me getting the offer to move to Decatur and thought I would have it all. The church ... this was the only transportation for the whole family. (I'm extremely thankful for all M...

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... his experiences while trying to have personal relationships with women and later on, in adulthood, his experiences helped him grow as a person. Graffin did have problems fitting in with the cool crowd at school. When it came to money, his mother was not very well off. He dressed in "velour kids' shirts from Kmart- and "corduroys,""(Graffin 6). This may have had ... a major impact on the friends that he kept. Greg had no choice but to hang out with the not-so-cool guys. These are the guys, otherwise, known as the dorks or geeks. At the age of fifteen, he and a group of his high school fr...

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... , you ask? Well, someone who is "fake" is the kind of person who does anything and everything they can to change themselves into the type of person they think is "cool". They will go out and buy only certain clothes, hang out with certain people, and listen to certain music. People who are fake will do anything that is necessary in ... the people I consider to be real friends of mine now will stab me in the back to make themselves look better to other people. They may not be the most "cool" people, or spend their entire month's salary on the best designer clothes, but they are people who...

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... , such as: "You ask me one more question and I"m beating the shit out of you!". Brian Johnson, also known as the "brain", is your typical geek. Johnson tries to look cool by saying, "It's the shits, huh?" thinking that he might fit in. He is very timid and rarely bends the rules. His dad is the "eyes and ears of the ... high and mighty attitude towards life. Claire would rather be shopping this Saturday morning, but instead she is disgusted that she has to sit in detention. She is seen as cool everywhere except at home where she is treated as an object her parents use to get back at one ...

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... and some future plans. I still shocked because he was speaking Turkish better than Turkish people. At the end of the conversation he wanted us to make a promise, that was pretty cool. Mom and Dad seemed so nervous mom was shaking, When I asked her what happened, are you okay, she said You'll see. American guy was gone, we were only four ... left me out because I didn't know English well and know nothing about them. I told all of my friends and to my family that I am moving to the U.S. That was pretty cool, but leaving the family from your friends and leaving from your perfect life in Is...

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... today is sex. We cannot leave our homes without having sex shoved in our faces. Even our monuments are phallic symbols. The idea is that cool people have sex and we as Americans want to be cool. We are a far cry from the times when premarital sex meant eternal damnation. Nowadays, we hand out condoms in high school and sex-ed is ... ...

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... popular that they forget the real reason for going to school. The increase in academic performance and school spirit, along with the decrease in violence, is more important than looking cool for your friends. Our students are not stupid they just do not consider schoolwork a top priority. With uniforms for every student, there would be less focus on fashion and more ... easier at six a.m. if I had a uniform to put on rather than searching through my closet for the perfect outfit. In addition, the extra money that I spent on clothes to look "cool" could have been applied towards my colle...

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... popular that they forget the real reason for going to school. The increase in academic performance and school spirit, along with the decrease in violence, is more important than looking cool for your friends. Our students are not stupid they just do not consider schoolwork a top priority. With uniforms for every student, there would be less focus on fashion and more ... easier at six a.m. if I had a uniform to put on rather than searching through my closet for the perfect outfit. In addition, the extra money that I spent on clothes to look "cool" could have been applied towards my colle...

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... a lime green shirt they have to wear lime green eye shadow. They wear black shoes with everything. Like they will wear high heel shoes with jeans. What is cool for them is not cool for us. The transportation over there will give you a headache. Not a lot of people have cars so they take the bus to where ever they need to go ... ...

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... kids graduate. You know, there is a lot more to graduating than leaving McBain and getting a diploma. It's more than that. I mean, why do you think we get to wear these cool robes? Our infantile days of wandering into first period half asleep and living off the school's Gordon's food lunches are over, it's time now for us to grow up and ... it often enough. Well, let me address the teachers for one moment. Think to yourself about the last time a student came up to you unprovoked and just told you how cool you are or something to that effect. Those students that stick out in your minds w...

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... see the trends change as times change. Take for example the acid washed jeans, and the neon colours of the eighties or early nineties. This look was thought to be "cool" at the time, but looking back, people often question why they wore the clothes they did. This example can be directly related to the fashions viewed on television at the ... culture". With academic success comes great rewards, including wealth, and status. The problem with academics and being smart, especially in high - school, is that sometimes it is seen as "un - cool" and some student may underachieve because of this...

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... because he wears constant black and glum colors that he was scary and dumb. I don't know what anyone else thinks, but saying someone is scary, mean, weird, and just not cool or normal just because the way the dress I think that leans toward being prejudice. These peculiar thoughts toward him continued throughout his elementary school years. He finally hit the 7th ... grade and once again he became involved with the older students, but for some reason now that he was hanging out with older people he was considered to be cool and popular. He stopped dressing the way he had before for a re...

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... into middle school did I fall into the trap; the television. I was older now and my mom didn't monitor the amount of television usage I could have. At this age, it wasn't cool anymore to play silly games like "pretend." The new thing was 90210, a Beverly Hills teeny bop TV show in the 1990's. If I didn't know what the status of Brenda and ... Dylan's relationship was, then I wasn't cool enough. So, naturally, because I was at that age where fitting in was key, I started to become more of a TV enthusiast. The TV was such a great source of entertainment. The more ... ...

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... open kitchen, which looks out into the living area. While they finish with the last minute dinner preparations, I sit high on the bar stool and rest my head on the cool granite countertop. My parents continually ask the typical questions about the drive and life in general. Our dinner typically will be a big, juicy steak, hot from my father's grill. I get ... favorite place in their home. Right next to the door for my bedroom is another door leading to the screened-in porch. We sit on the porch and feel the cool November breeze blow across our faces. In the background is the sound of th...

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... school. When you enter Junior High School, it's a very different playing field. By that I mean that it's not about having fun and running around on the playground, it's about who's cool and who's not. Just a year ago in 5th grade no one cared who played with who or what kind of clothes you wore. You also begin to establish a specific circle ... senior year was almost unbearable at times. This is the best year of your life. You still live at home but at this point your parents are trying to be cool so they tend to loosen the leash a little. I know that in my senior year I didn't have a c...

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... uncertainty. All this leading to your first year of high school. You learn a different way; teachers expect more, and the kids are more critical feeling like they have to be cool. It changes a lot of kids, and I'll even it admit that it changed me. Yeah I remember my freshmen year of high school, and to tell you the truth I didn't know ... what to expect. Of course I was nervous. You dealt with older kids who felt like they had to be bully's just to be cool. I never could understand the reason why. The thing that helped me the most was making varsity football. I earned respect and the f...

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... level issue. She said, "When high school students drink, they are drinking to the point to see who can out drink who and drinking to fit in or to be cool. So the law makes sense to keep seniors in high school who are eighteen from buying alcohol for themselves or others." After listening to her thoughts I think high school students ... do binge drink and do have drinking games or contests to fit in and try to be cool. Part of me thinks that no matter what the legal drinking age is, there will still be a high number of DUIs and alcohol related accidents. After I discussed the legal drink...

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