In the poem, “We Real Cool” the author portrays the themes of identity and reckless abandonment in a simplistic writing form. In the first line the author writes “we real cool”, which helps to form the theme of identity. Identity is defined as “the fact of being who or what a person or thing is”, and by using the personal pronoun “we” the speaker is showing that they identify with this said group. This is significant because one can surround themselves with a group of individuals, however this does not mean that they identify with that social group. It can be inferred by this poem that the pool players see themselves as one, rather than seeing themselves as individual pool players inside of a group. As the poem progresses, the activities that
