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Print 5
Komunyakaa, Yusef. "Camouflaging the Chimera" Literature Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes The American Experience. Prentice-Hall, inc.: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000. 1080. Print.
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PH Komunyakaa Print 5
“We tied branches to our helmets.
We painted our faces & rifles
with mud from a riverbank,
blades of grass hung from the pockets
of our tiger suits. We wove
ourselves into the terrain,
content to be a hummingbird’s target.
We hugged bamboo & leaned
against a breeze off the river,
slow-dragging with ghosts
from Saigon to Bangkok,
with women left in doorways
reaching in from America.
We aimed at dark-hearted songbirds.
In our way station of shadows
rock apes tried to blow our cover,
throwing stones at the sunset. Chameleons
crawled our spines, changing from day
to night: green to gold,
gold to black. But we waited
till the moon touched metal,
till something almost broke
inside us. VC struggled
with the hillside, like black silk
wrestling iron through grass.
We weren’t there. The river ran
through our bones. Small animals took refuge
against our bodies; we held our breath,
ready to spring the L-shaped
ambush, as a world revolved
under each man’s eyelid.”
(1080).
DQ 1080
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Print 5
Jarrell, Randall. “Losses” Literature Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes The American Experience. Prentice-Hall, inc.: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000. Print.
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PH Jarrell Print 5
-Losses is a poem based on expreiences during World War II
- The poem takes place during World War II
-It is a poem about soldiers fighting for their lives
S 1044
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Print 5
Jarrell, Randall. “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” Literature Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes The American Experience. Prentice-Hall, inc.: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000. 1045. Print.
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PH Jarrell Print 5
“From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose”(1045).
DQ 1045
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Print 5
Jarrell, Randall. “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” Literature Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes The American Experience. Prentice-Hall, inc.: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000. 1045. Print.
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PH Jarrell Print 5
- it is a poem based on the experiences of an air force cadet
- Jarrell himself experienced times like this
- He heard many stories of ball turret gunners on base
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Print 5
Komunyakaa, Yusef. "Camouflaging the Chimera" Literature Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes The American Experience. Prentice-Hall, inc.: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000. 1080. Print.
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PH Komunyakaa Print 5
Yusef Komunyakaa used stories that he heard from veterans of Vietnam to create the poem, Camouflaging the Chimera. He used great detailed explanations so that the reader would be able to understand what Yusef was trying to convey.
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Print 5
Hersey, John. “Hiroshima” Literature Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes The American Experience. Prentice-Hall, inc.: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000. 1036. Print.
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PH Hersey Print 5
This article is a report on the aftermath of the city of Hiroshima, Japan after being attacked by a nuclear weapon. The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. (1036).
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Print 5
O'Brien, Tim. “Ambush” Literature Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes The American Experience. Prentice-Hall, inc.: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000. 1082. Print.
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PH O'Brien Print 5
Ambush is a short story from Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. Tim O'Brien was a Vietnam Veteran who wrote stories on the experiences that he edured while being an enlisted man in the army.
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Print 5
Literature Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes The American Experience. Prentice-Hall, inc.: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2000. Print.
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PH book Print 5
Stories used for my essay:
- "Hiroshima" John Hersey
- " Losses" & " Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" Randall Jareell
- "Camouflaging the Chimera" Yusef Komunyakaa
- "Ambush" Tim O'Brien
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Web 9
Yusef Komunyakaa Bio. poets.org. Web. May 18, 2012
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/22
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Komunyakka Web 9
This bio of Yusef Komunyakaa gave me the information that I needed to correctly mention him in my essay. I sued this source because I know Poets.org is reliable
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Web 9
Komunyakaa, Yusef. "Camouflaging the Chimera" Poetry Foundation. Web. May 18th, 2012
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Camouflage Web 9
"We tied branches to our helmets.
We painted our faces & rifles
with mud from a riverbank,
blades of grass hung from the pockets
of our tiger suits. We wove
ourselves into the terrain,
content to be a hummingbird’s target.
We hugged bamboo & leaned
against a breeze off the river,
slow-dragging with ghosts
from Saigon to Bangkok,
with women left in doorways
reaching in from America.
We aimed at dark-hearted songbirds.
In our way station of shadows
rock apes tried to blow our cover,
throwing stones at the sunset. Chameleons
crawled our spines, changing from day
to night: green to gold,
gold to black. But we waited
till the moon touched metal,
till something almost broke
inside us. VC struggled
with the hillside, like black silk
wrestling iron through grass.
We weren’t there. The river ran
through our bones. Small animals took refuge
against our bodies; we held our breath,
ready to spring the L-shaped
ambush, as a world revolved
under each man’s eyelid."
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Web 9
Randall Jarrell Bio. Poets.org Web. May 18th, 2012
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/9
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Jarrell Bio Web 9
This bio of Randall Jarrell allowed me to gain a better idea of who Randall really is. Before my research i did not really know who he was, so afterwards, i was able to relate to him, and understand what his poems were about.
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Web 9
John Hersey Bio. herseyhiroshima.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012
http://www.herseyhiroshima.com/
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Hersey Bio Web 9
This bio allowed me to learn more about John Hersey, so that i could include him into my essay confidently. By reseaching him, i was able to figure out that he is a pretty famous reporter that reported on the events of the Hiroshima attack.
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Web 9
Tim O'Brien Bio. illyria.com. May 18th, 2012
http://www.illyria.com/tob/tobbio.html
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O'Brien Bio Web 9
Tim O'Brien is a vietnam war veteran, who wrote a very popular novel called "The things they carried" which was a series of short-fictional stories based on the war. This was perfect for my essay.
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