Freewrite

a)

• "War" - guns, shooting, camoflauge, injuries, saddness, death, conflict, bombs, dirt, soldiers risking their lives
• "Gunner" - shooter, guns, soldier, war
• "Attack" - guns, bombs, 9/11, invasion, death, smoke, fire, assassination

b) World War II- Pearl Harbor, germans, Holocaust, soldiers, chaos, ruined cities, death, world-impact, atomic bombs

After having researched more about Randall Jarrell's life, I found out that he wanted to be enlisted and to be a gunner, but could not be. I think it is for this reason that he focused on war and the gunner in his writing.