Johnny+1-3+Questions



Johnny Got His Gun // What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? Mahatma Gandhi //

**Answer the following based on the first three chapters of the book. ** 1. Joe received a phone call while he was at work. Why did he receive this call?

2. Is this an act of foreshadowing? Explain on both a literal and a figurative level.

3. John Donne’s poem, For Whom the Bell Toll reads: No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manner of thine own <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">Or of thine friend's were. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">Each man's death diminishes me, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">For I am involved in mankind. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">Therefore, send not to know <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">For whom the bell tolls, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">It tolls for thee.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Explain how Trumbo uses this as an allusion in his text and how it relates to Joe. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">4. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Joe is in a very terrible condition. What are the EXACT problems that Joe knows about with his body by the end of Chapter Three?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In Chapter Two, Trumbo writes in the narrative, “It was the fall of the year. The poplars and cottonwoods had turned red and yellow” (15). What is the significance of this on a symbolic level?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Trumbo alludes to two Canadians being crucified in full view of their comrades. Coupled with the reference to the death of Joe’s father, explain the final statement of the chapter, “. . . it wasn’t your fight Joe. You never really knew what the fight was all about” (24).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On page 25, Trumbo writes, “If you lie back you can float. He used to float a lot when he was a kid. He knew how to do it. His last strength going into that fight when all he had to do was float. What a fool” (25). Playing the irony card, what does this foreshadow about Joe’s future?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">8. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">What is the significance of Trumbo using the simile on page 26, “. . . like a dead cat.”?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">9. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Discuss the use of situational irony in the scene with Joe and Kareen.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;">10. At the end of the chapter, Trumbo juxtaposes three images, the US National Anthem, his holding of Kareen, and Joe’s realization that he had lost both of his arms. What question is Trumbo posing to the reader by this act?