Cool Essays

  • How To Be Cool

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    There will be a group of “cool” kids in every environment you’re in. You see them everywhere you go. You wonder how you can be as cool as they are. Well in this essay we’ll be going over the steps you need to take to be one of the cool kids, both girls and guys! We’ll be talking about dress, slang, pop culture, habits, and just overall ora of being. Let’s start with the guys. The guys have 2 options for dress; completely frat, or the “ball is life” style. To look frat cool you must first have a shorter

  • Cool Running Movie Analysis

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    Cool running’s is a 1993 American sports filmed based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsled teams and their debut in the bobsled competing that took place at the 1988 winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta Canada. This movie puts quite a few sport psychology qualities such as motivation, determination, leadership, imagery and goal setting. The movie showcases how an underdog Jamaican team who lives In a constant summer can compete in a winter sport due to the fact that they never gave

  • Cool Jazz Research Paper

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    Birth of the Cool, the eleven track Capitol record, released in 1957, was actually recorded earlier in 1949 and 1950. As one of the most influential jazz albums of all time, its title depicts the genesis of cool jazz. In the evolution of jazz this post bebop style of the late 1940s through the 1950s was a departure from the emphasis in bebop on virtuoso players in fast tempos with focus on melodies and syncopated rhythms. Cool jazz aimed to be a more subdued, smooth and subtle form of jazz music

  • Cool Running Movie Analysis

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    Heading/Title: Cool Runnings/First Jamaican bobsled team. Psychology themes identified in this movie, Motivation, Leadership, and Goal settings. Plot Outline: When Jamaican sprinter Derice Bannock is disqualified to the Olympic Game’s due to a track accident with his future bobsled teammates, he then pictures the chance to participate in bobsledding at the upcoming Olympics. He then meets the dishonored coach Irving Blitzer, disgracing himself by putting extra weights into his team's bobsled

  • Color Imagery in Film Cool Runnings

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    Color Imagery in Film Cool Runnings Colour imagery is used in four main ways in the film 'Cool Runnings': 1. To establish the setting. 2. To help define character. 3. To predict potential unity between main characters. 4. To illustrate the growing personalities of the Jamaicans. The film uses colour imagery right from the start. The film opens up with a beautiful back drop of a warm, glowing sun rise. As the film goes on we see the luscious green countryside and the islanders

  • Cool Hand Luke

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    In Cool Hand Luke, the movie begins with the word, VIOLATION, across the screen. The word is from a parking meter and sets the tone for the entire movie. Luke Jackson, the title character, is arrested for cutting off the heads of the town’s parking meters while drunk, or in legal terms, for destroying municipal property while under the influence of alcohol. When asked why he cut the heads off the parking meters, Luke answers, “You could say I was settling an old score.” While it leaves the

  • Stereotypes Depicted In The Film 'Cool Runnings'

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    The movie Cool Runnings is about a Jamaican bobsled team of four men, Derice, Sanka, Junior, and Yul, going to Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. This movie based on a real story of the first Jamaican bobsled team in 1988. The movie tells the story of the event even though there are some things happened in the movie which did not happen in the real story and some other things happened in the real story which did not appear in the movie (Fleming 2008). However, the movie is very emotional and funny

  • Analysis Of Cool Hand Luke

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    Inmates and correctional personnel have different views on how treatment should be carried out. In the film, Cool Hand Luke directed by Stuart Rosenberg, one is able to see the daily life of an inmate and the power of the authority over them (Carroll & Rosenberg, 1967). Cool Hand Luke displays the meaning of a prison film movie. According to Dr. Paul Mason, he defines this as “a film which concerns civil imprisonment and which is mainly set

  • Nonconformity in "Cool Hand Luke"

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    not obey the officials of higher authority and protest in order to get the point across. These protests have been successful because of the mass numbers of supporters but also because they set out to change an unjust rule or norms. In the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke featuring Paul Newman, Lucas (Luke) has been sent to jail for "beheading" parking meters while intoxicated. During his time in jail, he disobeys both the de facto inmate leader and the wardens simply because he did not like to conform to

  • Theological Symbolism in "Cool Hand Luke"

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    the 1967 prison film Cool Hand Luke, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, there are many examples of theological symbolism and religious themes. Most of the symbolism alludes to Jesus Christ, which is often utilized in film to add depth to the protagonist in the story. Such Christ figure symbolism can also be seen in films such as the 1999 hit The Matrix and the original Star Wars film (1977). Along with these visual suggestions, there are also thematic elements that underlie Cool Hand Luke which involve

  • Cool Hand Luke Resistance To Power

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    Throughout the semester, we have watched three films all in which there has been some sort of resistance to power. Cool Hand Luke, directed by Stuart Rosenberg in 1967, was a movie in which the main character, Luke, played by Paul Newman, has been forced to conform to a life in prison. Afterschool, directed by Antonio Campus, is about a boy named Robert, played by Ezra Miller, who is a sophomore in a prep school who happened to catch two girls overdosing on video. The Matrix, directed by Andy Wachowski

  • Gwendolyn Brooks 'Poem' We Real Cool

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    The poem “We Real Cool” is a short but sweet poem that, even though it only has a few words, is very deep and impactful. The author, Gwendolyn Brooks’ idea about what being “cool” really means in “We Real Cool” still has relevance for an audience 56 years later. It is interesting to see how culture isn’t very different today than it was when the poem was written. Although the poem is very short and uses the word “we” numerous times it still has a very large significance and meaning to it. The pressing

  • Social Influence and Persuasion in Cool Hand Luke

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    archetypal hero. One such example is the movie Cool Hand Luke, from 1967 starring Paul Newman. The movie surrounds a prisoner named Luke Jackson who refuses to comply or conform to the norms of the prison. The powerful Captain and the mysterious prison guard, whose silver reflecting sunglasses was the inspiration for one of the main prison guards in the popular Stanford prison experiment, tested his acts of defiance. This paper discusses the movie Cool Hand Luke and how the prisoners, Luke and the

  • Cool Hand Luke Movie Essay

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    Cool Hand Luke is a film that takes place at an old prison. Luke the main character ends up drunk and destroying public property ending in him getting caught and thrown in jail, this is where the prisoners are expected to listen to higher authority, making sure to follow all of the rules or they will end up in the box. Luke and fellow prisoners live a structured day to day schedule; eat, sleep and work. After a while of being in prison he hears of his mother’s passing. Luke becomes tired of being

  • Superheros of Hope: Brubaker and Cool Hand Luke

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    Brubaker and Cool Hand Luke are different men on the same mission. Despite their separate approaches, they stand for the same thing: reform and hope. Brubaker and Cool Hand Luke come across differently, by their actions, their positions, and their affiliation to the other prisoners. As the new warden of the prison, Brubaker could have been seen as just another person trying to inflict suffering and punishment onto the prisoners. Luke, being the new guy, is easily just another Newcock. The difference

  • Theme Of Nonconformity In Cool Hand Luke

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    Anyone who has ever seen the 1967 classic movie, Cool Hand Luke, can agree that the main theme of the movie would be about nonconformity. The movie takes place in a southern prison, where the prisoners must participate in the intense labor of a chain gang and work everyday in the sweltering heat while serving their time. The inmates must follow the strict rules that are set, or they are punished in an almost cruel and unusual fashion. The outcast, war hero and true nonconformist is the main character

  • Analysis Of We Real Cool By Gwendolyn Brooks

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    Gwendolyn Brooks’, “We Real Cool”, is a poem about seven pool players that are assumed to be friends. The poem talks about how the players are doing things, while they are living; such as, skipping school and staying out late, which also signifies that the players are still in their youth. There is a bond of loyalty within the players because there is a repetition of “We”, which signifies unity of a group of people, used throughout the poem. Brooks’ attitude towards the players is very encouraging

  • Poem Analysis: We Real Cool By Gwendolyn Brooks

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    Eight line, eight line is the length of the poem “We Real Cool”, but it is loaded with literary devises and contains an underlining meaning. This poem titled “We Real Cool” is written by Gwendolyn Brooks and it was published in 1960. The title is ironic because one would think the poem would be about a group of people and their flamboyant, cool lifestyle but the poem explains that this lifestyle is a dead end that leads to death. It is also interesting to note that the vowels sounds of the title

  • Poem Analysis: We Real Cool By Gwendolyn Brooks

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    “We Real Cool” "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks have four stanzas, each of which is a two line couplet. Every word in the poem has only one syllable. This poem has a regular meter, with three beats and a pause. There is more to this poem that meets the human eye. “We Real Cool” have a compelling message behind it. Gwendolyn portrays the core of distraught teenagers living a carefree life. The teenagers in this poem are skipping school to be mischievous. Brooks is clearly portraying a message that

  • The Black Counter-Culture in We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks

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    The Black Counter-Culture in "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks After reading the poem "We Real Cool," by Gwendolyn Brooks, most people think that Brooks is making an ironic statement. Most will read the poem and think that Brooks is being sarcastic by using simple language and in the end asserting that the seven pool players will die soon, or more broadly that all who speak in this manner will die soon. No doubt some people will see Brooks' statement "We/Left school" as the beginning of her