World War II Collection 6: Contemporary Literature Randall Jarrell Pages 907-911 2007 COS – 1a; 2...

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World War II Collection 6: Contemporary Literature Randall Jarrell Pages 907-911 2007 COS – 1a; 2 2010 COS – RL.11-12.1; RL11-12.4; RL.11-12.6; RL.11-12.9; RL.11-12.10; RI.11-12.1; RI.11-12.4; RI.11-12.10; W.11-12.1; W.11-12.4; W.11-12.5; W.11-12.10; SL.11-12.1; L.11-12.1; L.11-12.2; L.11-12.4; L.11-12.5; L.11-12.6 AHSGE – R.III.3; R.IV.2

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World War II

Collection 6:Contemporary LiteratureRandall JarrellPages 907-9112007 COS – 1a; 22010 COS – RL.11-12.1; RL11-12.4; RL.11-12.6; RL.11-12.9; RL.11-12.10;RI.11-12.1; RI.11-12.4; RI.11-12.10; W.11-12.1; W.11-12.4; W.11-12.5; W.11-12.10; SL.11-12.1; L.11-12.1; L.11-12.2; L.11-12.4; L.11-12.5; L.11-12.6AHSGE – R.III.3; R.IV.2

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Literary Terms

Primary Sources – firsthand, original accounts, such as interviews, autobiographies, letters, diaries, memoirs, and newsreels

Secondary Sources – materials like newspaper articles, biographies, history books, and encyclopedia articles

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Literary Terms

Implied Metaphor (p. 910) – a comparison between two unlike things that is implied, or suggested, but not directly stated

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Randall Jarrell (p. 909)

In his poetry he often took the part of the dead who sought to understand the reasons for their deaths

Often presents dead as children who have barely learned the meaning of life before dying

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“The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” (p. 910)

These five lines, written in 1945, make up the most famous poem to come out of World War II.

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Quickwrite

What attitude toward war do you expect to find in a poem written in 1945? What attitude toward war would you expect to find in poetry written today?

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The Ball Turret (p. 911) &“The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” (p. 910)

1. Describe the ball turret.

2. Describe the speaker of the poem.

3. Did the speaker enter the war on his own decision? How do you know?

4. What is the implied metaphor?

5. What does the last line imply about the death of the gunner?

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Activity

P. 911 question 10 What is the poem really about? What

statement about war is made in only five lines? Explain your views, and provide details from the text to support them.

Hint: Keep in mind the metaphor used in the poem. Also, consider the message in the last line of the poem.