Thursday, May 21, 2009
My last blog for Lamags
In the last chapter of Johnny Got His Gun, Joe gets a new day nurse who can understand his constant tapping in morse code. He taps out a SOS message to the nurse who then leaves the room to go find a man who then walks into the room and taps on Joe's head. The man taps out, "What do you want?" Joe doesn't know what he wants because all this time he has simply just wanted to talk to somebody. All these thoughts rush to his head. What Joe really wants is his normal life back and all of his limbs. Thats what he wants but he knows it is impossible so then he thinks that he wants to go outside but he then figures it is out of hospital regulations because it is too expensive. He then starts thinking the idea of using himself as some sort of exhibit for people to see the true horror of war and what it can do to you. Joe figures that this probably wont work either because if people knew the ruth about war and what could possibly happen, no one would become part of the army. After telling the man that he wants to be used as an exhibit, he leaves the room and then reenters telling Joe that it is against regulations. Joe becomes silent and says nothing else. Joe comes to the realization that the army only wants to forget about Joe so that this tragedy will never make it to the earth's surface because if it did it would decrease the favoritism towards the government and show people the truth about fighting.
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6 comments:
first of all, i loved the title.
i cant imagine how horrible it would feel to have no connections with anyone for years and then the first time you can communicate it is not anything near what you expect. i feel sorry for joe because well, his life sucks.
Good job Scott!! I thought you did a really good job summarizing the chapter. I feel bad for Joe because he is a prisoner in his own room, and the doctors won't let outsiders see him for fear of how they will react. Great blog!
Scott,
Great blog Scott!! It seems that Joe wants all these things that he had in his normal life, but he can't have now. Joe misses his old life and yet he can't go back to it. He then starts to think beyond material things and what he really wants for people like him. Joe wants people like him to be free and to get better help than he did. Joe wants to show how horrible the war is and how much it can affect a person's life. The only problem is he can't get what he wants. He can only dream and think about it. You made a good statement at the end how the people will never expose Joe to the outside world because it would ruin their perception on war.
Scott!
What kind of question is "what do you want?" to a man with absolutely nothing. I mean, come on. Obviously, the man wants to be back to his normal life before war completely destroys it. It isn't like he could do anything with a new television or a radio. The man is just lonely and needs some one to talk too. good post Scott!!! You did a great job telling the thought process of Joe after his new found achievement.
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good blog dude. It sucks so bad for Joe. He just wants to go out into society, and try to live a somewhat normal life, but they deny it to him, because they are afraid it will give him a bad reputation. It's really sad...I feel awful for Joe.
Scott this was a really good blog. I especially agree with Abby's comment earlier in this blog list. I completely agree that it is rude to ask someone who realizes his current situation "What do you want?" as if they are lower than you just because of their current situation. It amazing to me that Joe has somewhat kept his cool as long has he has with everything that is going on. I would hate to be in his situation, especially after my last request was denied.
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