Johnny Got His Gun

Describe the scene at Joe's parents' house when he arrives home after his father's death in the novel, Johnny Got His Gun.

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When Joe arrives his father is lying dead in the living room, and his mother seems very calm. Joe's seven-year-old sister is asleep, and his thirteen-year-old sister is crumbled in a corner. The family then retreats to the kitchen as two men efficiently load the fifty-one-year-old dead man into a wicker basket. Joe has a last look and expresses sorrow for all his father's griefs. Mother shakes, declaring that is not Bill Bonham any more.

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Johnny Got His Gun