Poetry Response 3 In “The Death of the ball Turret Gunner”‚ Randall Jarrell briefly describes a young man’s journey from the womb of his mother to the metaphorical womb of the ball turret that he dies in. The main message of the poems that war is a cold and horrible thing that makes waste of human life. The poem is written directly after World War two and illustrates its message through the use of an extended metaphor. The time period is essential to the piece because of how it provides the main
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experiences of both black and white soldiers as well the Vietnamese people. The experiences that the soldiers had in wartime are expressed through the feelings of war. These elements convey the loss of individuality of the soldiers. The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell‚ conveys the idea of lost identity through the sacrifice of oneself for the good of the whole. Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night by Walt Whitman is another war poem that expresses the loss of individuality through
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Dana B. Rhodes Thomas Lovell LIT115-1N1 26 February 2013 Poetry Reading Log * “The Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy was written in 1973. I felt the author was describing how this woman was so engulfed in her work that she felt like she was nothing but a machine‚ something whose sole purpose was to work and produce. The sentences are very mechanical and choppy and I felt that it helped to emphasize the point of her feeling of being a piece of office equipment. She took the tools of her trade
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The themes in Death of the Ball Turret and Dulce et Decorum is that war is over glorified. Wilfred Owen and Randall Jarrell shed light to the aspect of war which many people overlook – the struggles of every soldier. When people think of war and soldiers they think of pride‚ uniformity‚ and coordination. However many people neglect to tell the horrific details of war. Owen depicts the endeavors of a soldier as they fight a tireless battle with fatigue as they “marched asleep” (5). The message in
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The Machine Gunners Extract Shell Workshop CHAS McGill emerges out of an air-raid shelter at the bottom of the garden. CHAS (T/A): My name is Chas McGill. And this is my shelter at the bottom of my garden… Concurrently‚ we see JACK‚ dressed in his wardens uniform‚ sat at the kitchen table. He is exhausted. MAGGIE‚ dressed in a floral-print dress and pinny‚ is serving breakfast. JACK makes a sausage sandwich. CHAS heads towards the kitchen. …The garden of my house at number nineteen
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another good experience was to learn about kids with Turrets. We heard from a teacher that she has been having difficulties with a student with Turrets‚ who also has ADHD and other difficulties. The rest of the students in her class were feeling that this particular student was having preferential treatment. The counselor contacted the student’s parents to share that we were planning to have a class meting to educate students about Turrets and about her son’s situation. His mother understood
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the effectiveness of the improvised shuttlecock gunner as an instructional material are systematically presented‚ analyzed‚ and interpreted. Table 1 on the next page presents the data of the level of quality of the improvised shuttlecock gunner as an instructional material in terms of durability‚ firmness‚ stability‚ and safeness with the average weighted mean and descriptive equivalent. Table 1 Level of Quality of the Improvised Shuttlecock Gunner as an Instructional Material in terms of Durability
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Ali Bush Mr. Harrison English 9 Pre-AP 17 March 2012 As stated by George Washington Carver‚ “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young‚ compassionate with the aged‚ sympathetic with the striving‚ and tolerant of the weak and the strong -- because someday you will have been all of these.” In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch is the father of Jem and Scout Finch‚ while fighting justice as a lawyer in Maycomb County. Atticus Finch is an affectionate‚ benevolent
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I chose the book Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Beautiful creatures is about a 15- year old girl who has magical powers and will either turn dark or light on her sixteenth birthday. The main character is Lena Duchannes‚ a caster. Ethan Wate‚ Lena’s boyfriend tries to turn Lena light. The setting takes place in a small southern town of Gatlin South Carolina. The overall tone or mood of the story is romantic and mysterious. The point of view from which the story is told is first
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Much like Gilgamesh’s quest for fame‚ of wanting his “name stamped on bricks” (70)‚ Odysseus also demonstrates a lust for power and fame. Odysseus relates to Gilgamesh in the sense they are both self-centered‚ proclaimed heroes. Gilgamesh seeks Humbaba to slay him simply for the fame of it while Odysseus reveals his identity to Polyshemus simply to boast of his accomplishment. This completely backfires on him when the Cyclops throws a slab of mountain at their boat‚ resulting in the near death of
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