Johnny Got His Gun Summary
Dalton Trumbo

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Johnny Got His Gun Summary

Johnny Got His Gun takes a harrowing look inside the mind of a World War I draftee who is lying helpless without arms, legs, mouth, ears, nose, or eyes, yet over the course of years is determined to reestablish contact with the outside world and tell "little guys" never to allow bellicose politicians to butcher them again.

World War I draftee Joe Bonham is lying in a hospital, bandaged all over...

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Dalton Trumbo Biographies (2)

Dalton Trumbo

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Though he experienced success as a novelist and a screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) is best known as a member of a group he would have preferred never existed-the "Hollywood Ten." After refusing... Read more

Dalton Trumbo

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During his lifetime, Dalton Trumbo achieved almost everything a screenwriter could hope for. Trumbo won an Academy Award and a national book award. Twice he was Hollywood's highest paid screenwriter. ... Read more

Essays & Analysis (7)

Critical Essay by Ben Ray Redman

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Critical Essay by Harold Strauss

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Critical Essay by Luella Creighton

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Critical Essay by The Nation

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The Setting of "Johnny Got His Gun "

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How does a World War II soldier live when he sustained injuries that left him without arms, legs nor his face? In Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun, Joe has lost everything he holds precious; howeve... Read more

Johnny Got His Gun

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Chapter 1 The Dreaded Ring This chapter is called this because when he is dreaming he dreamt up the phone was ringing. While he is at work and they call him into the office and tell him the bad n... Read more

Antiwar Themes in "Johnny Got His Gun"

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The book Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo was a great book. I have in the past and at present fond out, from many sources, what war is like. I have seen the good, the bad and the ugly that war ha... Read more

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