We Real Cool

We Real Cool
The Pool Players.

Seven at the Golden Shovel
We real cool. We
1. Pool players are cool, calm, easygoing, and the like.
2. Real cool can be interpreted as a critic that its not cool at all to
be pool players. Instead, when someone is cool, they are ignorant of their
surroundings.
Left school.We
1. Quitting school becomes something that people can be proud of
because they are freed from the boundaries that rule their creativity in
school and they can get their freedom by quitting school.
2. Many who cant go on school are those who tend to rebel, be
aggressive, and not follow school instructions.
Lurk late. We
1. Pool players frequently have fun by hanging out with their friends
during the night.
2. Many people who lurk late are indicated as people who are
accustomed to free nightlife.
Strike straight. We
1. Strike straight is an activity done by the pool players.
2. Strike straight can also be interpreted as committing crimes.
Sing sin. We
1. It is focused on the word sing that indicates an action done joyfully.
2. It is focused on the word sin that indicates a bad thing which
against the rules.
Thin gin. We
1. Thinning gin is to water down the alcohol level. The pool players do
it to get money for their life.
2. Thinning gin with water or other liquids without correct procedure
can be categorized as a scam.
Jazz June. We
1. The pool players dance and sing jazz in the beginning of June.
2. Jazz June can be interpreted as a hedonistic lifestyle done by the
pool players.
Die soon.
1. Whose voice and opinions come through in the poem? How does Brooks
create a persona for the pool players that both sounds like them and
sound like someone criticizing them?
- There are two possible voices that appear in the poem, first it
represents the pool players who addressed themselves as a cool
community. It seems that someone who reads this poem should
represent or become a part of them. However, if we view it from
different side, we can find out that the poem is constructed to criticize
what the pool players did.
The way Brooks creates a persona that both looks like the pool players
themselves and someone else criticizing them is by choosing the
dictions that can be interpreted into some meanings.
2. Why does Brooks put the word we at the end of almost every line? What
effect does this have on the way you read the poem?
- Brooks puts we to emphasize the persona has emotional bound. It
also indicates that the persona puts himself as a part of the pool
players that used to hang out with the pool players.
- The word we has the effect of emotional relationship between the pool
players.
3. To what extent do you think your reading of the poem is influenced by
stereotypes? Does Brooks acknowledge/undermine these stereotypes in
any way?
- There seems to be a stereotyping that spreads out among the
youngsters that being cool is defined as being aggressive and
rebellious.
- Yes, she does. She seems to come up with the stereotypes of the actual
real cool, because it goes in line with the current situation at the time
this poem was written. Thus, she defined cool as rebellion and
aggressiveness although is doesnt mean that she agreed with the
stereotype. Through the poem, the writer would like to criticize the way
of life of the pool players that is influenced by the concept of real
cool.
4. Do the pool players seem like good/bad people? Would you want to hang
out with them?
- The answer of this question would be based on how we see the idea of
being cool. If we think that being cool is like what the pool players do,
we might see them as good people. However, the question is, whether
or not the cool things they do are real. Thus, if we think that it is not
the real cool, we will see them as bad people.
- No.
5. Does the poem romanticize sin or criticize it? Does it have kind of a
boys will be boys tone?
- Generally, the poem romanticizes sin in the beginning of it. However,
at the end of the poem, it criticizes the sin.
- Boys will be boys is referred to childish behavior that boys typically
do. Because the poem highlights the mischievous behavior done by the
pool players.

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