As blood-curdling screams and deafening gunshots fill the air, thousands of innocent lives expire. As soldiers fight for the freedom and safety of others, they also fight for their own lives. They risk their lives and the well-being of their families. War affects the emotional prosperity of all involved in war, whether their involvement is direct or indirect. The effects include injuries and loss of loved ones. Because all human beings experience loss and suffering and loss and suffering are a significant part in war experiences, war is a popular literary subject. Two specific literary examples that display the horrible effects of losses from war are Charlie Anderson from the movie Shenandoah and Joe Bonham from the book Johnny Got His Gun.
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They both experience emotional injury, and they are having a hard time recovering after their losses. As said before, Charlie could not finish the prayer at the dinner table. This shows how lonely Charlie is and how heartbroken he is. Charlie set the table for everyone, even for the people that are gone. Charlie cannot grasp the fact that his family members are gone. For Joe, he realizes that he will never be able to do the activities he loves or talk to the people that he loves. He will not be able to work. Joe is very devastated at the fact he cannot work anymore. While he is realizing he cannot do any activities he loves anymore he says, “I have to work with that arm why did you cut it off?...So they cut my arm off. How am I going to work now? They don’t think of that” (Trumbo 27). Joe cannot cope with the fact he will not be able to work anymore, and it is hard for him to grasp the fact that he cannot work. He will also not be able to see or talk to Kareen or his family ever again. Joe is having a hard time recovering after his losses because he lost every limb. He cannot do anything for himself, and he realizes that his life is ruined from the war. Charlie and Joe are having hard times recovering, but there is still hope for them. Although Charlie is heartbroken from his losses, he still sets the table for everyone. Charlie still gets food to every other family member, and he keeps on doing what the normally does. Charlie still takes everyone to church. All of the Anderson’s did not think they were going to church that day, but Charlie still brings them there. This shows that there is hope after the terrible losses of his four family members. Joe is not able to communicate normally with anyone, but he still tries by banging his head. Although he is not able to talk to anyone normally or see them, he still keeps on banging his head. There is hope that someday, the nurses will let him go out and
They both experience emotional injury, and they are having a hard time recovering after their losses. As said before, Charlie could not finish the prayer at the dinner table. This shows how lonely Charlie is and how heartbroken he is. Charlie set the table for everyone, even for the people that are gone. Charlie cannot grasp the fact that his family members are gone. For Joe, he realizes that he will never be able to do the activities he loves or talk to the people that he loves. He will not be able to work. Joe is very devastated at the fact he cannot work anymore. While he is realizing he cannot do any activities he loves anymore he says, “I have to work with that arm why did you cut it off?...So they cut my arm off. How am I going to work now? They don’t think of that” (Trumbo 27). Joe cannot cope with the fact he will not be able to work anymore, and it is hard for him to grasp the fact that he cannot work. He will also not be able to see or talk to Kareen or his family ever again. Joe is having a hard time recovering after his losses because he lost every limb. He cannot do anything for himself, and he realizes that his life is ruined from the war. Charlie and Joe are having hard times recovering, but there is still hope for them. Although Charlie is heartbroken from his losses, he still sets the table for everyone. Charlie still gets food to every other family member, and he keeps on doing what the normally does. Charlie still takes everyone to church. All of the Anderson’s did not think they were going to church that day, but Charlie still brings them there. This shows that there is hope after the terrible losses of his four family members. Joe is not able to communicate normally with anyone, but he still tries by banging his head. Although he is not able to talk to anyone normally or see them, he still keeps on banging his head. There is hope that someday, the nurses will let him go out and