Three Messages from The Death of a Turret Gunner An Analysis of Three Messages from The Death of a Turret Gunner The average typical age of a Ball Turret Gunner is 15 to 16 years. Their average number of missions they complete before death is three. If they make it past that, it is extraordinary. A ball turret gunner is faced with many challenges while on the job.…
The short story “Pride Of Seven”By Robert W.Krepps, describes the theme that a person must go through a difficult task to be a man. The story begins in africa .The caricatures are nearader 1,En-gerr and Elafar . En-gerr was getting ready to kill his lion that he picked out. The sheep and the village go to where the lion is so he can beat the loin.…
(There are 3 messages to “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” The Reason for the ball turret, young people are the victims, no neutral thought.) The ball turret gunner is one of the most important gunner, that was on a bomber. The bomber was a big jumbo like plane. That was able to carry stuff and drop bombs on its targets.…
Brian Turner’s poem At Lowe’s Home Improvement Center describes how a simple, everyday setting can strike a reminder of how dreadful a war is. Turner’s poem also look at the idea of how small of a topic the nation portrays war such as which landscaping magazine to get or which stone marble best suit the kitchen whereas oversee, lives are put on the line. Myrna Bein’s story, A Journey Taken with My Son gives the sense that war is a “timeless and universal grief” and describes how all mothers universally feel for their child risking their lives in doing something they have no answer or see an outcome for. I feel both of these selections alone help me understand more about the meaning of war along with the damage that it brings and that the everlasting ripples of wars reminds everyone that war is timeless. Not only is it timeless, but one must give more of themselves into reaching out to those that are involved and hear their stories or at the very least, use the abundant amount of resources around to overcome the ignorance that the norm has towards…
How are individuals able to expand their identities in society? If individuals expanded their identities, would they be able to begin to form a utopia? An utopia is an ideal world where everyone is happy together without any worries or concerns. In the book Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates a utopian world where individuals are created in a community using genetic engineering, dehumanizing them by conditioning their brains for consumerism to create stability in society. To achieve stability in society, people must give up their individual identities by conforming into society’s set of rules to create stability and happiness for everyone else.…
Oliver’s phrases such as “here is swamp, here is struggle,” repeat the difficult of the task and the tasks of struggles people will face constantly in life. It makes us wonder how can we ever survive, such “pathless,” “peerless,” and “seamless” conditions? How can our hands find “fingerhold” or our minds stay rooted to a “mindhold?” Oliver answers it is through the glory of “one more chance” we find the strength to carry on, to move forward from endless struggles. She reveals how our universe of chances, and limitless of possibilities for change make up brave.…
Life is an epiphany! No matter what we achieve in life disaster or tragedy will strike and destroy it but this does not mean you have to throw the towel. Values such as; courage, bravery, strength, loyalty, and reputation allow individuals or communities to face such adversaries and survive in spite of them. Beowulf is an example of how individuals survive adversaries in life regardless of endless challenges that one face in life. The character of Beowulf in the poem Beowulf demonstrates courage, bravery, strength, loyalty, and reputation regardless of adversaries Beowulf faces, showing that life will always have challenges, but what matters is what you do to deal with such challenges.…
“Internal Despair” Human behavior has been discussed repetitively as any experience we endured to be a lesson, whether it be bad or good experiences. These lessons being learned mold us into the individuals that we become as we mature. On the contrary, it is found that some people experience more hardships than others in a set amount of time. Since we all are dealt our “cards of life” differently, the way we play them will determine our results of life. Expressed through literary works, this author used various methods of simile and metaphor to declare what psychological, physical, mental, and emotional experiences his characters endured.…
Hardships The story of an alcoholic, who created two young men raised under the same roof; were influenced alone by the single alcoholic father. The two young men saw the events that occurred every night, those following actions could influence their own actions in their own life either as growth to change or throwing in the towel for change. Life is rough no matter what situation a person is in. These situations either build or destroy a person, the views of changing often is seen as too difficult to occur.…
Importance of Invictus William Ernest Henley is an author, poet, editor, and critic. One of his poems, Invictus, is a very detailed poem. At the age of twelve, Henley had been diagnosed with tuberculosis of the leg. It was then amputated, but later on it had spread to his other leg but he wouldn’t let the doctors take his other leg. Because of this decision he had to stay in the hospital for almost two years.…
He endured this disease throughout his adolescence, and by the time he was twenty-five, Henley’s tuberculosis was in his foot. As an attempt to save his life, the doctors amputated his leg up to his knee. While he was in the hospital, Henley decided to write a poem to describe the battle he was fighting. He left the poem untitled, but it was later titled “Invictus.” The poem he wrote described the obstacles he faced during his childhood, but it also described his spirit and soul.…
The Narrator's experiences represent the triumphs and the struggles of millions…
World War 1 was believed to be the war that would end all wars. It was new, exciting and was expected to be over before the Christmas of 1914. Then, 4 years later, after gruesome trench warfare and severe casualties, our views on war changed completely. The days of enthusiastic enlistment dissolved, while the horrifying reality about the battlefield emerged. This change in beliefs, and the influence of generations, can be seen accurately through the poems, “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen and “Pro Patria” by Owen Seaman.…
Even a century long time after his death, Wilfred Owen is still famous for his war poetry written during World War 1. In his poem, Owen uses various language techniques to vividly illustrate the horrendous reality of the war. Hence, he communicates his own anti-war feelings implied beneath his techniques. However, although he is now known as an anti-war poet, for once, he had been a naive boy, who had volunteered to fight in war. At first, he was thrilled to fight for one’s country.…
Having courage is important to humans in everyday life. Courage helps humans through periods of inevitable difficulties during one’s life, requiring one to stand firmly and face challenges head on. In return, this nurtures and builds personal morality. W.H. Auden’s poem, “There Will Be No Peace”, exemplifies this, demonstrating that acts of strength in the face of pain or obstacles encourage the growth of personal integrity. Being strong and working through times of struggle is crucial to developing personal integrity.…