Johnny Got His Gun Father Son Relationship Quotes

There are many ways to tell the depth of a relationship between two people. It can often be quiet difficult to analyze the relationship between two people. A passage from Johnny Got His Gun talks about a young man and his father going in their annual fishing trip. The selected passage from Trumbo’s novel Johnny Got His Gun uses various techniques such as point of view, selection of details and syntax to characterize the close relationship between Joe and his father.
This passage is written in third person point of view but it is limited to Joe. The readers are aware of Joe’s feelings and thoughts, but not his father’s. The usage of third person allows the readers to focus on both of the characters at the same time. Both Joe and his father preferred each other’s company. Having access to Joe’s thoughts allows the readers to see how special the trip was to him. Joe seems nervous because he does not know how to tell his father without hurting his feelings. Though limiting to Joe made it …show more content…
These details are specifically placed to reveal the relationship and require some analysis. There needs to be a special relationship between two people for them to be able to spend time in a mountain. Joe and his have been going fishing in the mountain for at eight years, which makes it a special event for them. On line 36, Joe’s father tells Joe to go fishing with Bill Harper, ultimately ending the annual tradition. Not only he allow Joe to go with his friends, but he also gave Joe his fishing rod. Lines 43 to 53 indicate that the rod was special to Joe’s father and “there was nothing his father treasured more”. Two people have to be in a close relationship for one to trust other with their treasure. It can be assumed that Joe’s father respects that Joe is growing up and wants to hang out with his friends. The selection of details helped determine that their relationship was