Is having values very important to people? In my perspective, I think knowing and having values is important to a person because it’s how people start introducing themselves into society. In “ Losing My Cool” by Thomas Charletton Williams, writes about himself when he’s growing up in a decent neighborhood in New Jersey. Thomas mom being white and his dad black gets Thomas in a position in which he has to choose whether to be black or white. Pappy which is Thomas’ dad helps his son, by teaching how to read and write in a early age. Pappy makes him study for SATs so he can do great in test. Throughout the book, people help Thomas become a better person as he’s becoming an adult. Especially when he gets accepted to Georgetown College. The University
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On how they dress, how they think of them, if people thinks one person is “cool”. Is what society has become in the real world. As a youth TCW doesn’t hold the value of social status. The University causes Williams to change the way Williams thinks about social status. William states, “ When Thomas threw the ball at Craig because he remembered what Craig said to him” (20). In other words, Thomas felt powerful around Craig. He knew that Craig was not going to do anything. Thomas wanted to feel tough and he wanted people to see how “cool” he was by throwing the ball at Craig. However The University causes a change because after sophmore year Thomas was already being a good student, therefore he remembered when he was in high school he tried a lot to become the poular kid in middle school. That time he cared about social status. But when he got into college everything changed. According to Williams, “Even as I read more philosophy and literature I retained a small and limited conception of the world around me….” (165). This qoute is saying that Thomas is realizing how stupid of him it was to think that social status was important when he was in high school. Now that he’s reading more he starts learning that social status wasn’t important, that thanks to the university he nows knows more about what’s going on in the world. After learning and reading more about literature and philosophy he focuses more of the
On how they dress, how they think of them, if people thinks one person is “cool”. Is what society has become in the real world. As a youth TCW doesn’t hold the value of social status. The University causes Williams to change the way Williams thinks about social status. William states, “ When Thomas threw the ball at Craig because he remembered what Craig said to him” (20). In other words, Thomas felt powerful around Craig. He knew that Craig was not going to do anything. Thomas wanted to feel tough and he wanted people to see how “cool” he was by throwing the ball at Craig. However The University causes a change because after sophmore year Thomas was already being a good student, therefore he remembered when he was in high school he tried a lot to become the poular kid in middle school. That time he cared about social status. But when he got into college everything changed. According to Williams, “Even as I read more philosophy and literature I retained a small and limited conception of the world around me….” (165). This qoute is saying that Thomas is realizing how stupid of him it was to think that social status was important when he was in high school. Now that he’s reading more he starts learning that social status wasn’t important, that thanks to the university he nows knows more about what’s going on in the world. After learning and reading more about literature and philosophy he focuses more of the