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    movies. Dalton Trumbo gives another look at the relationship between a father and his son in a passage from Johnny Got His Gun. The author reveals the relationship between the two through his descriptions of the campsite, his choice of point of view, and through the father’s actions in the story. Trumbo creates a sacred place, far from the realities of the real world when he describes the campsite that Joe and his father venture to every year. This peaceful place is removed from civilization, and

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    uniquely portrays the familiar concept of coming-of-age, within a passage from his novel Johnny Got His Gun, in which he depicts a son wanting to take a friend fishing instead of his father who has taken him annually during their camping trip. Trumbo gives insight into the internal turmoil that strikes when confronting ones parents about wanting to drift away from the anchor they’ve been for them. He clearly articulates his point, illustrating the flow in thought from tense to reflective using precise

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    when it comes to war, the reasoning behind most people's actions aren't their own. The main character Joe in the novel, Johnny Got His Gun, was drafted into the war. Just like the Novel, in the movie Shenandoah one of the main characters named Charlie takes part in the war. However he wasn't fighting directly in the war but to get his son out of the war. Joe from Johnny Got His Gun went in without knowing the reality whereas Charlie didn't. Charlie knew what he wanted from the beginning even though

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    According to Joe, in Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, he sacrificed his life by leaving his family and love behind to go to war. Joe is an average teen until he is sent to war. His entire life changes in an instant by and explosion which left him ‘alive’ but with no limbs, eyes, mouth, and ears. This tragedy gives Joe a new way to think about life while he learns to cope with his condition. Trumbo uses metaphors and allusions to describe Joe’s rebirth into a new life that denies his freedom. Joe’s

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    The book Johnny Got His Gun is set during the last few months of the First World War. It is actually a highly praised book. The main character in the book is a young soldier named Joe Bonham. Joe is an inexperienced soldier who suffers numerous injuries during the war. Symbolically, the author shows how his arms, legs and face are all disfigured, which leaves him deaf, dumb and blind in addition to being unable to use his arms or legs in any way. As Joe is admitted in a hospital in an unknown location

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    Casualties of War War is an awful thing that drastically changes people's lives every day. The leading man in Johnny Got His Gun, Joe Bonham and the leading man in Shenandoah, Charlie Anderson, lives are drastically changed because of war. Although Joe and Charlie are men of different ages and circumstances, ultimately they have similar views of war. It appears as if war could be a good thing, if fought for the right reasons, until someone dies because of war. “So did all those kids die thinking

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    War and battle have a long lasting effect on everyone, from soldiers to families. This effect is mental, physical, and emotional. In the book, Johnny Got His Gun, a young man named Joe Bonham is drafted in World War I and tragically needs all of his limbs amputated and loses his sight, hearing and ability to talk. The movie, Shenandoah, is about a large family living on their ranch when they end up in the middle of the Civil War. Joe Bonham and Charlie Anderson go through extreme losses throughout

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    Shenandoah and Johnny Got His Gun share similarities from the plot to the characters. One instance of those similarities is the strikingly similar story of Joe in Johnny Got his Gun and Charlie in Shenandoah. Joe Bonham was a soldier in World War l being drafted into the war and forced to fight a war he had no part in. Joe was terribly injured in the war and was left without a face, arms, or legs and deaf. Charlie Anderson is a southern farmer who has 7 kids and a dead wife. He too is harassed by

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    novel, Johnny Got His Gun, is about the life of a war hero named Joe Bonham. The book talks about the consequences of war. He was a typical American guy with a normal life until he went to war. There he got badly injured and lost many of his limbs. The story describes the aftermath of Joe going to war and getting injured. The title of the book is the past tense of a war slogan that was used during World War II. The slogan actually comes from a wartime song that had the line “Johnny get your gun” in

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    able to recreate the loss from war in literature and film. One novel that allows for readers to get a good grasp on loss is Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo. The World War 1 novel occurs inside the head of a young soldier, Joe, who had suffered extreme physical and emotional loss from a war he did not fully support. The novel follows his struggle of trying to overcome his loss. The movie Shenandoah closely relates to this theme. The American Civil War film looks at the Anderson family's struggle

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