Johnny Got His Gun

People always say it’s the little things that we take for granted. Whether it be being able to talk with someone, or hold someone, or even just being able to tell what time of day it is. In Dalton Trumbos’ novel, “Johnny Got His Gun”, one really begins to understands what it would be like to have very simple things taken away from them. Joe Bonhame, finds himself tragically injured from the war. Over …showed first 75 words of 1053 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1053 total…hear, feel, speak, walk, ever again. He couldn’t even breath on his own. But yet, he doesn’t give up. He finds something that he can get back, his sense of time, and he goes after it and doesn’t let his physical disabilities hold him back. All the reader can do is cheer him on and stop and think about all the little things that they take for granted, every day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**