Gwendolyn Brooks

five through eight read, “Two who are Mostly Good. Two who have lived their day, But keep on putting on their clothes And putting things away.” (Brooks) There are small rhyme found throughout the poem like the one wrote here. When reading this poem you run into lines that you may thing is the start of a rhyme but end up sounding flat and bland. Gwendolyn Brooks the author of the poem make the poem sound like this because the characters in the poem are also very bland and without…

For instance, In Diaz’s story his is about the robbery that saddened his mother but in the poem from Mirikitani hers is about the pressures the Asian-American community have on education. Additionally, in the poem by brooks it’s comparing the way the lives of two different African American women turned out once they grew up. The stories all contain the same theme of family, but they each have different topics that go from suicide to robbery. Also, within Mirikitani’s…

everybody. But Patel did nothing to comfort his friend nor confront strangers. It is sad that what happen to Patel’s Jewish friend and probably he will think his friends are not reliable when trouble comes after what happen. Eboo Patel quotes Gwendolyn Brooks , "We are each other's business; we are each other's harvest; we are each other's magnitude and bond.” We should cooperate, help, make this world a better place, and stand for one another when your friends…

People in gangs usually live a short, violent, and scary life. In both the article “What’s it like to be a gang member” by Bill Lee and the poem “We real cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks, certain problems and challenges that happen in gang life are shown. Although the article explains gang life through many detailed paragraphs, the poem on the other hand, explains gang life through just a few stanzas, but they both portray Gang life. In The article, Bill Lee wrote about himself, as a former gang member…

The constant debate on the legality of assisted suicide has been at large for many decades, this procedure has benefits to the patients and to the family of said patient, but with the benefits also comes the downfalls to a procedure as delicate as physician assisted suicide. Proponents of physician assisted death argue mercy killings are justified, especially for patients with terminal illnesses along with uncontrollable pain. They argue the patient has a right to permanent relief by physician…

Bigger would have never acted in such manner if there were no discrimination in his society. Everything he has ever done has been against the establishment because that’s how he was raised. In the poem, “We Real cool,” Gwendolyn Brooks writes, “We left school. We lurk late. We strike straight.” This goes to show that since the beginning Bigger has gone against all the rules because this is his lifestyle. He know nothing better. While the whites went to school and followed…

arts, cultural conflicts, self-identity questions, and the search for truth and reasoning for the novels, poems, and short stories written by great authors and poets such as Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Arna Bontemps, Margaret Walker, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Richard Wright founded the South Side Writers Group, whose membership included Bontemps and Walker in 1936, in order to build a foundation of empowerment and inspiration to bright young writers and to experiment with new themes. In 1940…

their life or for someone who has at least thought about making a decision such as an abortion. Although the topic is very sensitive it does not at any point violate the decisions other people might choose to make. In the poem, “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks, and “This Is Just To Say” by William Carlos William, they both make sure that they present a vivid picture that appeals to the readers. They make sure we are able to understand what they are saying. For example in This Is Just To Say the…

Being an editor for my publication Unnamed Trademarked Patent Pending has its up and its downs but writing an anthology for Gwendolyn Brookes, Sherman Alexie, Lucille Clifton, Sylvia Plath and Gary Soto was eye opening. These are some of the best poets that I have had the opportunity to read and appreciate in my lifetime. The diversity among the bunch was very fulfilling, from poetry about racial tension, native American culture, women empowerment, depression to young love. Initially the poems…

community, and I learned an important lesson. Home wasn’t the little blue house, it was wherever my family and friends were. This same message is explored in the stories “Langston Terrance” by Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little and “Home” by Gwendolyn Brooks. Both authors discuss what the idea of home means to them, and they prove that home is where the people you love are.…