Johnny Got His Gun

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Summary: An unsettling, volitile book written by a total fanatic.
Review: Johnny Got His Gun was a book written to open the eyes of the flag-waving, goodbye-kissing masses who sent their boys off to foreign shores. If this novel had been written by someone other than radical communist Dalton Trumbo, it may have had this effect. However, with his fanatical views and lunatic ravings, Trumbo has dishonored America and the millions of citizens who have fought for freedom throughout the centuries. This novel is anti-war, no more, no less. And there is a difference between being anti-war and thinking war is a horrible thing. War has been a historial necessity and freedom has always had a price. Little does the main character know, but his freedom of speech was denied at the end of the book. What a fitting end to someone whose attitude totally discounted the efforts of every man, woman, and child who sacrificed for his freedoms. War without a purpose is terrible, but more terrible is the human being who refuses to acknowledge pain and suffering of anyone but himself. I do not wish for my children to ever be exposed to this horrific, blatantly disrespectful account of an ungrateful and unfortunate man who thinks himself to be Christ.

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Summary: Johnny Got His Gun wasn't worth it
Review: I thought the book "Johnny Got His Gun" was an okay book but nothing too spectacular. Johnny's attitude toward the war and government in general really disappointed me, though. As a person who's had and has family in the military, I feel that his attitude that we're fighting for things we can't see is biased and one-sided. I am forever in debt to not just my family but many others for fighting for things we can't see. These men and women gave and would give their lives to give others all the things Joe was complaining about. I also feel that his attitude of self-pity was pathetic. Many others have been and will be injured in wars and I hope and have faith that their attitudes won't be like Joe's.

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Summary: Lame, weak ending!
Review: Johnny Got His Gun is not something I would suggest to someone to read. Who wants to hear about a guy's memories from his life who is pretty much dead. He also shows no pride in fighting for his country, he should have taken his medal with honor. In the end the author could've at least made up something a little more exciting. I read through a whole book to find out that the world is going to shun him away, even though he was smart enough to learn how to communicate.

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Summary: Not much going on to keep me interested.
Review: For our Senior English class, we read the book "Johnny Got His Gun" as an assignment. In my personal opinion, the book was not very interesting to read. When the book started out, there wasn't a whole lot going on and that turned me away from liking the rest of the book. The author had an interesting idea to write a book from the views of a wounded soldier who lost his whole body except for his chest and half of his head, but there just weren't too many interesting events going on. Joe really irritated me, too, because it seemed like he was not proud at all to have fought for his country in the war and that he was the only soldier who had to suffer after being wounded. This is not a book that I would recommend to many people who like books with action in them.

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Summary: A guy who wasted valuable time to read this book
Review: This book was a requirement for my high school Englis class and to me that is sad. By requiring students to read this book is like teaching poor citizenship and to not have pride in helping you country. After pludging through a slow and monotonous start I did find some part'sdescribed so well it's as if I could feel them. But overall I found the book to be a bore and insulting to some of the things that I believe in. I find it hard to believe that a citizen and soldier would have the attitude that Joe portrays. Yes, it stinks to be in his position, but the bias anti-war views are layed on a little thick. To be anti-war is to be anti-freedom. Joe should be proud to have served his country and quit his whining. If anyone is looking for a real war book I suggest " The Red Badge of Courage" that is a book that portrays the horror of war, but also the honor of serving your countries purpose. Avoid Joe's snotty attitude and don't read this book. Daulton Trumbo has to skill to be a great writer, it's just to bad he wasted it to express his extremly bias and whiny views. We all know that war isn't pretty, and to those veteren's who have suffered so I can enjoy my life today the way it is I'm grateful, but if Joe were real I would leave his name off of my Veteren's day list.

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Summary: Slow moving, hard to get motivated to read
Review: Johnny Got His Gun was a book we read for a high school English Class. The book started off slow and I couldn't tell if this was going to be a book I was going to enjoy or not. As I got to know the character, Joe, I developed sort of a hate for him. I didn't care for his attitude and I don't feel that most soldiers think the way he did. Or at least they shouldn't, they should be proud of what they do. Joe made it seem like he was the only soldier who ever suffered in war. I understand his circumstances are beyond belief, but he should still consider the others. The book had its good points too, it was interesting to read about someone elses thoughts. As a reader you know first hand what Joe is thinking and how he feels. If the book wasn't as slow and had a better ending I think I would of enjoyed it more.

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Summary: First half of the book was boring.
Review: What can a man do without legs, arms, eyes, a nose and a mouth? In the Book, "Johnny Got His Gun," by Dalton Trumbo, Joe was a man who had survived the war. While laying in the hospital, (he didn't know where he was) he noticed that he had no arms, legs, etc. One thing he later noticed that he did have was the sense of touch. The first half of the book was about his memories of family and friends. The second half of the book got more interesting, because he found out he can use his final sense as a way of communicating. I HAD to know if they understand what he was doing, and if they thought he was crazy or not. The ending of the book was totally different from the way I thought it would end. So, I guess, in a way, this book was a good one, if you like books about the outcome of what a war can do.

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Summary: Interesting parts, but mainly BORING.
Review: This book held some interesting parts and views, but as a whole it was extremely BORING. I read this book in senior english and I had to force myself through 90% of it. Anit-War? More like anti-freedom. The character of the book was unbelievably prejuiced against waht many hold dear. Trombo has hit a book that I refuse to recommend to anybody.

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Summary: A harrowing anit-war novel
Review: Johnny Got his Gun by Dalton Trumbo is a hard hitting, riveting, emotional and powerful anti-war novel, and it makes your goose bump pop through your skin. The story focuses on Joe Bonham, who was a W.W.I infantry soldier who lost his legs, arms, hearing, smell, and sight. The only thing left of him was his mind. Joe had no sense of time or reality, so we find in the story Joe jumps from dreams to dream, which he can't tell if they are real or imaginary. Eventually Joe reaches consciousness, only to discover the horrifying fact that he is just a stump. Cut off from the world and entraped in his own mind, Joe learns to use his mind to communicate in new ways . He used Morse-codes to interact with the people around him. All Joe's misfortune lead him to the conclusion that war comes too high of a price. Joe said "I would trade independence and honor and freedom and decency for life." I would recommend this book to anyone who like to see an alternative side to war. So for all you couch potatoes out there who have nothing to do, get off your butts and check this book out! You might thank me one day.

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Summary: Powerful anti-war novel
Review: Johnny got His Gun By DAlton Trumbo is book about a young man Joe who just started enjoying life when this life was taken away from him. Even though it sounds like another sad story about young life being wastedit goes much beyond that. Joe Bonham is a young man froma little town called Cole Creek near Denver. Joe lived with his parents who were leading a life of an average American family. He used to go fishing with his dad a lot when he was younger, while his mom would make jelly at home. Joe also had a girlfriend, Karen whom he liked very much and hwo he liked to. He was a young man just beginning his adult life. And then in 1939 the war had started. World War One in which Joe was drafted along with milllions of other people. Shortly after joining the was Joe gets badly wounded, his legs were blown off, his arms to. He does not have a face anymore, he can not talk or hear or see. he was dead but very much alive. He did not know where he was at or what time it was. Besided not knowing what's going on, no one else could possibly care about him because nobody knew who he was. So joe became a thing, a piece of flesh that could eat, breathe, and think. And then he realized that even though it's too late for him, it might not be too late for others, that he can warn and save other young men, not from death but from this lifewithin death. So he tried to communicate and tried to accept this way of life. He tried to figure out what tim e it was, or was it night or day. He tried to find out how big was the room where he was staying at, and how old was the nurse. For things that would takee the rest of us just a single look it took him a lifetime and a whole philosophy. But the life went on and same things were hapenning every day until Joe got a new nurse. Again He tried a trick with an old Morse Code, and surprisingly it worked. A new nurse responded by drawing the letters "Merry Christmas" on his chest. He established the communication that could not go behind the walls of his room. Trumbo wrote this anti war novel as a warning, or a scare to people. This bookmakes readers think that death in this case is paradise and that life is hell. And while creating in readers mind this paradox trumbo draws attention to the importance of life and communication, and basically the interaction among people, intellectual interaction. This book is very easy to read and to understand and comes highly recommended.