“We Real Cool” pg. 188

3. The poetic device the critis misunderstood was, yes he was talking about immoral things but he was following it all by saying they were bad by sayin “we die soon”. The reader is not talking about himself even though it might sound so, what he is doing could be a minor form of mockery.

“Richard Cory” pg. 397-398

The reason Richard killed himself was because he was lonely and unhappy. On the outside he appeared to be this happy man, who was wealthy and single. But on the inside, his being wealthy was making him even unhappier, he had no wife, nor children, he is the only family member left in his family. It all boils down to him being very lonely.

“Good Times” pg. 349

My familys good times are similar to her families good times. I don’t have the lights turned out very often, but what other good times we have in the family is to watch a movie or to play cards.