The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarell and Fire and Ice by Robert Frost

Literature is known as a publication and consists of many literary elements. Literary elements are the artistic skills of the author used to create specific information or to communicate to readers. For most writers symbolism is a double-edged sword because it adds a double meaning. The authors show a symbol and our idea looks at the image in our brain, we will automatically compare it with something to quote it or something. The content the symbol represents in the story is related to the given context.

Randall Jarrell's "The Death of The Gunners" tells us the waste of life and a ruthless war. The turret gunner is probably the most dangerous job among the crew. When entering the ball turret, the gunner has very little space to move and it is very narrow. In this narrow space, the gunman faced a very cold temperature and had to push it into the position of the fetus: "I felt a state from my mother's sleep. -2" In most cases, Especially in this poem, when the turret and gunner leave the "womb" of the Air Force, he will fall from the torso and face death. When tying this to real birth, Jarrell may say that people born in this world eventually have to face death, and some people will be faster than others. Jarrell also gives us a deeper understanding of the cruelty of war.

"Death of Turret Gunman" is a very simple poem about becoming a turret gunner. I understand that those who do not know how the artillery gunner relates to my poetry understanding when I first read or that the meaning of this poem is completely different from my view or author's view I can do it. understood. In order to understand this poem, you need to know some background knowledge. Jarrell is not a pilot, but he is familiar with B 17 and the turret underneath the aircraft. The ball turret is a plexiglass ball hanging from the bottom of the plane with the gun inside. The ball turret can be launched by rotating it in most directions. "In the flight, a person crouched in the turret for a few hours, when he fought, he moved the turret and continued shooting" (Morris)