Compare and contrast the poem “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks with the poem “I’m Nobody” by Emily Dickinson.

The fascinating thing about the two poems is how much they have in common. Although Brooks and Dickinson lived in different centuries, were very different writers, and lived starkly different lives, they both wrote a poem questioning the whole concept of what it means to be "cool." While "We Real Cool" speaks from the point of view of seven pool players who choose to hang out instead of going to school, "I'm Nobody" speaks from the voice of an individual—a real "nobody"—who would have been beneath the notice of the pool players.

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.

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