Johnny Got His Gun Essay

People go throughout life, not being aware that it can change within a blink of an eye. Similarly to Joe’s life, he uses comparisons of how his life was before and how it was after the war, to reveal how his perspective changed overtime. Both ideas correlate with each other based on how war impacted the emotional perspective of Joe. Joes doesn’t specifically reveal his emotions throughout certain situations. However, his choice of words he constantly uses and the position he puts himself in any situation, it uncovers the loss of identity within the character themselves. Although, the purpose of war can be argued, the overall idea is that war can not be justified because it can lead to the overall failure of an individual, affect the relationships …show more content…
There are so many factors that can contribute to shaping a person's identity. However, the same amount of force can be used to influence a change within one’s character. In Joe’s life, he blames war for all the damage done to his life. In the novel, “Johnny Got His Gun” by Dalton Trumbo, the author expresses the idea of change within a character through their experiences and interactions. The author expresses these actions when he explains, “A guy says house and he can point to a house to prove it. But a guy says come on let's fight for liberty and he can't show you liberty. He can't prove the thing he's talking about so how in the hell can he be telling you to fight for it?” In this scene, the author is clearly revealing how justice was never the ideal reason for war. Once going through all those traumatizing experiences, you can’t find a purpose on why you were put in that situation in the first place. As an individual, you begin to ask yourself why you were chosen to suffer. Joe strongly represents this situation because after he is put through the worst experiences, he begins to realize all his faults and regrets at a much later time when he really can’t do anything about it. In the