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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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    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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    period of time to get over the trauma they experience. In a movie, “Johnny got his guns”, it shows from his point of view. The soldier is injured in the beginning of the movie which leads to him getting medical assistance. Doctors can’t identify him which is somehow the reality of war. Later on the movie, the soldier realizes that he lost most of his body. The soldiers often shows flashbacks or dreams which gives us a clue from his perspective.

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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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    Similarly, the book, Johnny Got His Gun, tells the story of a soldier named Joe and his experiences with the war and the long-term impact it had on his life. Although both Charlie and Joe suffer losses, Charlie finds a personal investment in the war, where as Joe never does. Both stories start with the characters not having a personal investment in the war.

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    The quote by Huebner about war can be related to the messages that the three novels are trying to deliver. Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien all discussed this sensitive issue which seemingly became a taboo because it has been constantly avoided as a topic. The novel, Johnny Got His Gun shows that the assertion of Huebner is true by taking the reader into the mind of a fallen soldier. It shows the negative implications

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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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