How Does Trumbo Use Repetition In Johnny Got His Gun

In today’s society, people tend to view the Holocaust as a horrible thing that happened and it won’t happened again. But nobody really understands fully what it meant to go through it, except for Holocaust survivors. Unfortunately, they were hesitant to share those moments that forever changed them. Elie Wiesel is not one of those people. As the author of the memoir Night, he uses repetition and imagery to try to fully express the amount of terror and suffering that they had to go through during the Holocaust.

“To Blisland” uses repetitive style, in many forms, to develop the idea that the story is a repetition of itself as the characters go through the actions of their picnic only to repeat them again the following week. The narrator omits the guiding information about the details of the story, such as his relation to the various other characters and the reason Carol is at this institution, to highlight the concept of repetition that has creating a new version of reality that fits their needs of not acknowledging Carol’s illness. The author’s style of repeating certain key words such as light and dark, the reoccurring dialogue style and the repetition of being reminded by others that they do not conform to the norm come

Fire! Burning bodies everywhere engulfing your eyes with sights never to be forgotten. The pain and suffering of those without sin. The hatred and sadness of it all. Just breaking the surface of what happened in the book Night. Different people of religions or races are being put into concentration camps, going through the hardest times of their lives. The author has a great use of repetition throughout the book giving a more in depth feeling of the characters actions and thoughts. The tone cannot be described as it changes drastically as the book unfolds, however, it gives a great incentive on the characters point of view in different situations. In addition, the irony in the book is greatly used by the difference in opinions that once were beloved but then were diminished in stature. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses tone, repetition, and irony to illustrate the loss of faith from unbearable circumstance.

With this part of the story, O’Brien is able to inject the theme of shame motivating the characters in the book. This chapter is about how the author, who is also the narrator, is drafted for the war. He runs away to the border between Canada and the United States, he stays in a motel with an old man for about a week and finds that he should go to war for his country. In the beginning it was about shame, he didn’t want to look like a coward because in truth he was scared. He was afraid to face the pressures of war, the humiliation and the fact of losing “everything”. This man was an average person who lived an average life with no problems, until he got the notice about the war, which caused the shame and fear of being seen as a bad person to come out.

Have you ever thought of being on the run from an intense army ? Well , in this speech from Chief Joseph , he explains how is army has been killed and majority of his people have ran away to the hills because of the cold weather upon them. He is also worried because the young men now have to step up and lead the chiefs in an innovative direction. This has put him in a heartfelt situation where he now wants to put a cease to fighting , and find his children for the good of his sake. In contrast , he uses three rhetorical devices to release his thoughts and feelings from the outcome from fighting.

This passage is very significant to the reality of the soldiers in the Vietnam War and brings to life the setting of the entire novel. The soldiers were primarily teenagers and young men in their early twenties who had not yet had the chance to experience life. They soon had found themselves in the midst of an intense war with nothing but uncertainty and fear. They hated it and they loved the fear and adrenaline that ran through their skin and bones. It

It makes me more curious than scared, and it makes me think about why he is repeating a certain thing so much. Why is it so significant? It makes me wonder more about what is happening in the story. For example in the story”The Landlady” she keeps insisting that the main character drinks his tea and it made me think “Why does she want him to drink his tea so bad? Is it poisoned?” But the repetition and the curiosity makes it just a bit suspenseful. Like why does one of the characters act the way that they do? Why are they being so weird? In the story the Landlady is acting very odd as the main character looks at the two other names on the guest list and is trying to remember them

Both authors used periodic sentences to create a more dramatic mood. In The Things They Carried, O’Brien uses zeugma, for example, “But Ted Lavender, who was scared, carried 34 rounds when he was shot and killed outside Than Khe, and he went down under an exceptional burden, more than 20 pounds of ammunition, plus the flak jacket and helmet and rations and water and toilet paper and tranquilizers and all the rest, plus an unweighed fear.” (6) Repetition was also very important throughout both books. Tim O’Brien uses anaphora multiple times in the beginning of the book. “The things they carried” is repeated several times to show its importance and to add to the weight of the soldiers’ situations by making it seem more dramatic. Like O’Brien, Tom Wolfe also uses repetition in the early chapters of his book. Wolfe uses anaphora and repeats the title of the book, “the right stuff”. The repetition of “the right stuff” is used to show the mental and physical characteristics needed to be a

A significant portion of the soldiers who fought and served in Vietnam did not know the determining factors for being drafted and sent to fight this controversial war. The novel imparts to the reader how soldiers withstood their subjective experience associated with the austere environment of Vietnam applying the specifics of all the things the men carried. Through recounting, the principal thought in the novel is conveyed hence the basis for the novel’s title. Through it, we become more acquainted with why Tim O 'Brien, chooses the title. The author explains in this story the significance of carrying, "to carry something (is) to hump it. Be that as it may, in this story, it infers the burdens the soldiers carried (O’Brien).

“If I truly believe the war is wrong, is it then also wrong to go off and kill people? If I do that, what will happen to my soul?” (pg 60). Tim O 'Brien is an American man who was drafted into the Vietnam War. O 'Brien is not a violent man and struggles because he believes that the war is wrong. He debates whether or not he should go to war or move to Canada to avoid the draft. Tim O 'Brien decides to join the army. O 'Brien uses his personal experiences as a foot soldier in the Vietnam War to convey his possible bias perspective that the Vietnam War was a waste of people 's lives and a shameful venture for the United States.

In “The Things They Carried” Tim O’Brien uses this story as a coping mechanism; to tell part of his stories and others that are fiction from the Vietnamese War. This is shown by using a fictions character’s voice, deeper meaning in what soldier’s carried, motivation in decision making, telling a war story, becoming a new person and the outcome of a war in one person. Tim O’ Brien uses a psychological approach to tell his sorrows, and some happiness from his stories from the war. Each part, each story is supposed to represent a deeper meaning on how O’Brien dealt, and will deal with his past. In war, a way to

For example in paragraph 36, King uses the phrase “In the midst…” multiple times repeatedly when explaining his argument. This repetitiveness brings out the argument more powerfully, and also shows King’s inner passion. Also another example in paragraph 45, King uses the phrase “I doubt that you…” repeatedly. This repetitiveness brings out the argument more powerfully, and also shows the corrupt society that King and his people go through. This shows the brutality is very legitimate, and exposes the cruel reality to the public. This also proves the clergymen’s account in their letter to be wrong as the police force did not handle the situations surrounding the peaceful revolts peacefully but violently. This creates the much needed tension and furthers his argument. Repetitiveness like this brings attention to the argument, showing the ample examples of experiences one has to present to the reader. Overall, this strategy really shows the reader the power of an argument. Repetitiveness like this brings attention to the argument, showing the ample examples of experiences one has to present to the reader. Overall, this strategy really shows the reader the power of an

This passage helps the reader understand how the emotional burden of uncertain death weighed on the soldier. However, it also acts as a symbol by giving light to the fact that the emotional baggage they carry was brought about by their own fear of humiliation and shame. Many of the soldiers are there only to avoid the persecution that ensued those who evaded the draft. Through the use of symbolism, O’Brien is able to effectively highlight the burdens faced by the soldiers who conformed to the expectations of society.

For instance, when Joe could finally communicate what he wanted he states, “They were the only people in the world who could help him. They were his last court of appeal...They had decided”(236). Again Trumbo shows the audience how decisions are taken away; there is a preconceived notion of freewill, which has been removed under circumstances that could put a person at risk of a bad portrayal. By referring to the people who could understand Joe as ‘They’, it is dehumanizing them and causing them to be capable of being portrayed as different figures in society. In addition, Joe retaliates by proclaiming, “Remember this. Remember this well you people who plan for war. Remember this you patriots you fierce ones you spawners of hate you inventors of slogans. Remember this as you have never remembered anything in your lives”(230). By constantly starting the sentence with ‘Remember’, he is attempting to recognize the detrimental decisions that have lead to immoral consequences. The verdicts that lead to these results would be looked down upon society, however, there is a separate standard that allows for the decisions to be just. Trumbo wants the readers to remember this story of Joe, which he does by creating him without any limbs. Moreover, when Joe had lost hope he speculated, “He thought why don’t they take him out and shoot him while there’s still something

“It is so short and jumbled and jangled... because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre.”(Chapter 1). World War II, years of war that saw young men, or children, go into battle, many never to return. A massacre that will leave a scar on this earth that will never truly heal. Kurt Vonnegut attempts to capture the hostility of this war, which he was a part of, in “Slaughterhouse-five”. A primary theme of the novel is war is cruel and childish. Vonnegut does not glorify war or make anyone sound heroic, he describes war as undisciplined and a cataclysm for everyone involved. There were victims on all sides of the battlefield, no one was a true winner, and it all could have been avoided if people could stand to work things out