The poems “we real cool” and “the negro speaks of rivers” use a viewpoint that is unusual in this unit. what is the unusual viewpoint? in each poem, whom does that viewpoint represent? how does the viewpoint relate to the theme of each of the two poems?

The poems “We Real Cool” and “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” use a viewpoint that is unusual in this unit. The unusual viewpoint is this: Both Brooks and Hughes are calling for a change in the lives and attitudes of their fellow African-Americans -  and they have to do it. These types of positive pieces of art might well have been essential pieces to unite the black community in the call for civil rights.