Petruchio
17 years ago
Sunday, October 19, 2008
free response #2
In my free response this week i want to talk about the poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks. I really likes this poem and its different approach to saying live life because everyone dies. It is a poem about a group of 7 people who are at a place to play pool. They are a group of young people who are careless and do whatever they want. They are not in school, stay out late, drink, dance, and sing. They live life but in a careless way. They dont do the good things society thinks most young people should do. This is why i really like this poem because it is really about doing what you want even if it is seen as good or bad to society as long as your having fun and living life. Who doesnt want to be able to live life without think about all the restrictions society puts on us. If you dont go to school, be home at a reasonable hour, or do thinks in a cetain order you are seen as bad and then outcasted. This poem represents breaking these boundaries because death is inevitable so do what you want to do even if it is not socialy accepted.
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I agree that is poem is trying to convey the same message of "live your life" but I disagree that it doesn't include boundaries. I think this poem is a response to the authors life growing up on Chicago's South Side. I feel she witnessed all these "cool" guys "singing sin" and saw the appeal to such a carefree life. However I think she also saw the destructive side to their behavior and realized that they weren't the right characters to emulate. If she really believed that a person should live there life anyway they wished, I feel she would have constructed her poem differently and would have left out the negative ending.
Who are we to say what is the "right" way to do things in life. What makes going to school and trying to start a family and such the "right way." Maybe the people who do things that please them and make them happy have the right idea of what life is all about. That is why I like this poem, it talks about the outsiders and they seem to enjoy themselves, is that not all that really matters?
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