After seeing the youtube clips viewing a few pages online, the gunner in the turret must have been miserable with it being so cold and with so little space. Also knowing the fact that there was nothing but plexiglass to protect you in this vulnerable position from fighter plane bullets and bombs.
After reading background on Randall Jarrell, it is easy to see why he wrote about WWII. He wrote most of his poem during the time of the war. He also enlisted in the army air corps but did not become a pilot.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Freewrite
A) War Gunner Attack
1) War- I think of both of my grandfathers who served in the Navy during WWII. I think of Nazi germany. D-Day, my birthday. Bombs exploding, grey color, blood, the movie Saving Private Ryan.
2) Gunnery- snipers, Enemy at the Gates, navy warships, battleships, camoflauge clothing
3) Attack- Pearl Harbour, and the beaches of Normandy, Buildings being shot at. The war in Iraq, Loud noises of gun and soldiers yelling and screaming.
B) My strongest association with WWII is my grandfather on my mother's side. He served in the navy from the time he was eighteen until he was twenty five. He was stationed in Pearl Harbour when the Japanese attacked. After that, he was stationed in the Phillipines. He tells stories about the horrors of war nearly every time I see him.
1) War- I think of both of my grandfathers who served in the Navy during WWII. I think of Nazi germany. D-Day, my birthday. Bombs exploding, grey color, blood, the movie Saving Private Ryan.
2) Gunnery- snipers, Enemy at the Gates, navy warships, battleships, camoflauge clothing
3) Attack- Pearl Harbour, and the beaches of Normandy, Buildings being shot at. The war in Iraq, Loud noises of gun and soldiers yelling and screaming.
B) My strongest association with WWII is my grandfather on my mother's side. He served in the navy from the time he was eighteen until he was twenty five. He was stationed in Pearl Harbour when the Japanese attacked. After that, he was stationed in the Phillipines. He tells stories about the horrors of war nearly every time I see him.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Homework 3/20
The Holocaust Party
I liked this story but it left me feeing uneasy about how everyone reacted to the situuation. The story about the Jewish blood was unfortunate for Mrs. Isabel but niether Amy nor her parents commented about it. This could be understood from the pont of view that no one wanted to inform her that she had been believing a lie her whole life but why not say something out of the oom. The side story about Amy's parents and the hardships the family was going through seemed to have nothing to do with the overall message of the story but maybe I'm just missing something. This relates to the Historicism through the actual facts of the time of the holocaust and how the people in Mrs. Isabel's situation were really treated. The historical analysis could be done to understand it better from a historical perspective.
I liked this story but it left me feeing uneasy about how everyone reacted to the situuation. The story about the Jewish blood was unfortunate for Mrs. Isabel but niether Amy nor her parents commented about it. This could be understood from the pont of view that no one wanted to inform her that she had been believing a lie her whole life but why not say something out of the oom. The side story about Amy's parents and the hardships the family was going through seemed to have nothing to do with the overall message of the story but maybe I'm just missing something. This relates to the Historicism through the actual facts of the time of the holocaust and how the people in Mrs. Isabel's situation were really treated. The historical analysis could be done to understand it better from a historical perspective.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Homework 3/18
"The Soldier"
This poem is interesting because it is decribing the author's love for his home country. It does not reveal any of the horrors of war nor does it mention which war the poem is about. We can assume the author writes about WWI because of the date the poem was written. But the war itself is not the main focus, it is the soldier's patriotism and love for his country that makes this poem inspirational.
"Anthem for Doomed Youth"
This poem is also about war, but contrary to the first, it's lines are full of imagery that describe the trajedies of war. The author describes the soldiers as cattle that are to be slaughtered. The author describes the absence of funeral bells and prayers with the shots of guns and the clanging of spent shells in their place.
"Dulce et Decorum Est"
This poem is also about a tragedy in WWI. This poem illustrates one particular event of a soldier dying of chlorine gas. The poem provides the reader with actualities of war. This poem like the forst two describe WWI.
"They"
This peom, like the others, was written in the time of WWI and is different because of its religious message. The last line "The ways of God are strange," provides comfort for the religious. This one line implies that the horrific events and the consequences of them are in some way in God's plan for the injured or dead soldiers. We can assume from the reading that the Bishops believes "they" have died or been deformed for reasons that only God can understand.
This poem is interesting because it is decribing the author's love for his home country. It does not reveal any of the horrors of war nor does it mention which war the poem is about. We can assume the author writes about WWI because of the date the poem was written. But the war itself is not the main focus, it is the soldier's patriotism and love for his country that makes this poem inspirational.
"Anthem for Doomed Youth"
This poem is also about war, but contrary to the first, it's lines are full of imagery that describe the trajedies of war. The author describes the soldiers as cattle that are to be slaughtered. The author describes the absence of funeral bells and prayers with the shots of guns and the clanging of spent shells in their place.
"Dulce et Decorum Est"
This poem is also about a tragedy in WWI. This poem illustrates one particular event of a soldier dying of chlorine gas. The poem provides the reader with actualities of war. This poem like the forst two describe WWI.
"They"
This peom, like the others, was written in the time of WWI and is different because of its religious message. The last line "The ways of God are strange," provides comfort for the religious. This one line implies that the horrific events and the consequences of them are in some way in God's plan for the injured or dead soldiers. We can assume from the reading that the Bishops believes "they" have died or been deformed for reasons that only God can understand.
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