History Homework #25

Brittani,

I enjoyed reading your story. It was original and the plot was interesting. i think you conveyed the idea of how what may be cool in some areas is not necessarily cool in others. I think this character is considered cool because what he does comes of natural, he goes to private school but pays no tuition because he has a gift in basketball. That is cool. Nice to see you have a creative side!

Bryanna,
I like how you showed how being mean and rude to other people makes you cooler as a whole. Joe is the type of character who doesnt take shit from anyone. he doesnt respect women since he gets so many. He may be careless but that is exactly what makes him so cool in the long run. He is also cool in our society because he creates drama in peoples lives.

Arden,
Your story about Dakota changed the idea of cool because you had him start off as a nice respectful guy and show how by becoming popular he became this arrogant guy who does not care about any one. Its funny that the better guy personality wise is the one who isnt popular but the major jerk gains popularity for his carelessness. interesting.


Sam,
Unlike a lot of other stories your character of cool was a respectful guy who had a passion for a girl and was not afraid to show it. The main thing i realized about your character that relates to the main character of my cool story is that both do not fear what other people in school will think of them and what they are wearing. It goes back to being careless or coming off as having a careless image yet still pulling off being "fly"

Omar-
Jim comes off as a cool character because he is faced with a problem and an awkward situation and is able to deal with it. Jim is straight up and doesnt beat around the bush. That is a character trait that falls under the idea of cool because he can help solve problems instead of just complaining that the situation is wrong. cool story, very realistic.

There were many patterns I noticed in a lot of the stories. One trait that came off interesting to me was the idea of effortless. All of these characters that the story was based around, mine including, featured a character that was cool without any effort. He or she manages to give off a "cool" appearance without showing any effort. Cool must be natural or the person will be considered trying too hard. The character also often had a problem showing affection since that may be categorized under uncool.
In Brittani's story the main character, Daishawn was a basketball player that did not fit into his new school. It was obvious that he was from a different social class. Daishawn though, being the cool guy that he is refused to conform to the style of his upper middle class peers because that was not who he was. People respect this because it is considered staying true to your roots.
Many of the characters in peoples stories feautred them walking down the hallway and showing any care for anyone or anything. This idea of hard to get is a trait of cool because it shows that this given cool person is not dependent on anyone else, all they need is themselves.