Johnny Got His Gun is written as a literal stream of consciousness, without pause or punctuation, almost as your very own thoughts and feelings. ... When Joe is plagued by constant ringing in his ears from being deaf, he remembered how the phone rang the day his father died. ... The chapters where Joe leaves to go to the war and where he speaks of his fate to meet the bomb are nothing short of works of art. ... This is the moment Joe's leaves his life, his love and his family behind. ... Then finally you see Joe reaching his arms to Kareen .This style lets the reader understand the mean...

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The dated all throughout high school and got married before Johnny went to the army. ... While on the boat Jose got news that there were four sets of machine gun bunkers along the beach each containing six machine guns. ... We have to get the machine guns!" ... Johnny opened his eyes to darkness; all he could recall was the moment before the shell hit which was playing over and over again in his head. ... Johnny then tried to move his arms. ...

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His whole remaining family are greasers. ... Ponyboy didn't get burned but got knocked out by Dally when he tried to go back into the fire to save Johnny. ... When Ponyboy got back to his house, the whole gang was waiting for him. ... As the cops pulled out their guns, Dally pulled out a gun that was not loaded as a bluff. ... Once Johnny died, that led Dally to his death because Johnny was a like a brother to him. ...

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Johnny Got His Gun starts off in a very intriguing way. ... Joe gets a ride home from one of his fellow workers and finds his father dead in his living room. ... The chain of events that played through his mind had been merely a memory of the day his father died. ... One day several people come into his room and put a metal of honor on his chest. ... Through the thoughts of the main character Joe Bonham, Johnny Got His Gun overwhelmingly advocates that all war should be avoided at any cost. ...

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Johnny also knew that he belonged to the Greasers even though he did not belong to his real family. ... The Greasers cared, supported and protected Pony when Two-Bit gave Pony a smashed bottle to defend himself with against the drunk Socs "He snatched up an empty bottle, busted off the end, and gave it to me, then reached in his back pocket and flipped out his switchblade- (page 52). ... The Greasers cared, supported and protected Johnny when Dally gave Johnny a heater and told him where to go to protect himself after Johnny had killed a Soc named Bob in the park near a fountain "Here-- he ha...

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March The third match of the evening was a 4 way tag match to crown the first ever SCW Tag Team Champions with the Kraze brothers, Dark Riders, Pure Extreme and The New Breed all gunning for the gold. ... With some hesitation Johnny accepts his reason and gets ready for his title match. ... Johnny isn't happy with his victory as we can all see the anger in his face but he doesn't say anything. ... Johnny takes on new comer Funky Fredrick and is on the verge of retaining his gold until the New Breed make an early return and attack Johnny who hasn't got help becuase Adam has ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the popular novel Johnny Got His Gun, Americans were exposed to an emotional side of the war. This novel, which many had a copy of, told the story of a young man named Johnny, who now laid in a hospital bed as a useless, miserable being. Being unable to do anything, except simply think, he tells his side of the story. ...

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Darry was a football star in high school and got offered a scholarship, but turned it down because he didn't want to break apart his family. ... Likewise, Dally devoted his life to save Johnny from any danger. ... In fact, the protagonist recalls one of his memories, "But I remember Dally pulling Johnny through the window of the burning church; Dally giving us his gun, although it could mean jail for him, Dally risking his life for us, trying to keep Johnny out of trouble."(p.154) He is willing to put his life on the line to save the life of his friend, Johnny. ... Like it happ...

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It was the perfect picture except for some of the reckless locals that didn't adhere to the changes Merrysburg was going through, especially Johnny McDougal and his gang. ... Just the raw energy he emitted got the town gossiping. ... It was Johnny McDougal and his gang. ... , Johnny asked. ... As the Sherriff gained on them, he pulled out his gun and with his spot on shot, managed to hit all six of Johnny McDougal's men with six shots. ...

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Then instantaneously Trumbo began writing on screen, some of his works were, The Sandpiper, Hawaii, Papillion, The Fixer, and Johnny Got His Gun. Johnny Got His Gun was published in 1939, this book received many awards for its outstanding script. ... Influencing many anti-Vietnam war groups, Johnny Got His Gun was reissued again in 1971. ... Dalton's Johnny Got His Gun is known as a genuine war story, which means that the fact that it is factual or not doesn't matter. ... I believe that Johnny Got His Gun in fact should be considered a true war story. ...

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Later that year, Al met a blonde Irish girl named Mae, they got married to each other at 19 after conceiving his one and only child Albert "Sonny" Capone, who he adored and cherished. ... Five years later in 1925 Johnny Torrio was on his way home when he was ambushed. ... The offender held the gun to Johnny's head, but he was out of bullets and took off. ... That's what led to Johnny's downfall because he never changed his routine after becoming the leader. ... "You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone....

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James Dean's hot red shirt, for example, indicated rebellion, while his very blue jeans created a near luminescent effect (Ray had previously used the same vivid colour combination on Joan Crawford in Johnny Guitar). ... It is similar to the way he conspicuously does not carry a gun, although they are hidden in his saddlebags. ... The storyline of Johnny Guitar also challenges the set precedent of the western genre - Much as Ray set out to disestablish the teen genre with his movie Rebel Without a Cause. ... Hating Vienna with a passion, Emma will do anything to drive her out of the terr...

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The criminals and gangsters got richer, and they became more powerful, no one dared to stop them once they were armed with guns. ... Al Capone joined the James Street Gang, ran by Johnny Torrio. After Al Capone got expelled in the sixth grade, this guy, Johnny Torrio brought him up to the world of criminals. Al Capone got a nickname "Scarface" since his left cheek got slashed. ... After he got out he decided to retire and went back to his homeland with 30million dollars. ...

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There he teases him with Carmen's feminine gun. ... After Rip sees Johnny's college badge and realises his real name is Preston, he has to enter the dark world of Preston in order to restore the identity of Johnny Drake. ... Rip's investigation into the mysterious disappearance of his war comrade Johnny, which mirrors Spades investigation into the murder of his own partner, is taken against the orders of his military superiors. ... Johnny's disappearance is actually instigated by his discovery that Rip has engineered his being offered the congressional medal of honour, (a...

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He started his career of crime in Boston, as an apprentice to Johnny Torrio. ... The Red's would have lost but with a little help from Rothstein the White Sox did lose and Rothstein got back all of his money winning bets. ... When "Lucky" returned to New York he gunned down Maranzano and took over his businesses. ... VanGorder 4 men that got in his way. ... No one could stop his reign of crime, and anyone that got in his way, he would take out, Even when it came to his friends. ...

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He started his career of crime in Boston, as an apprentice to Johnny Torrio. ... The Red's would have lost but with a little help from Rothstein the White Sox did lose and Rothstein got back all of his money winning bets. ... When "Lucky" returned to New York he gunned down Maranzano and took over his businesses. ... VanGorder 4 men that got in his way. ... No one could stop his reign of crime, and anyone that got in his way, he would take out, Even when it came to his friends. ...

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Johnny Torrio was a new breed of gangster. ... His relationship with Johnny Torrio was no indication that he would lead such a criminal life. ... Capone got away with the murder. What he also got was publicity. ... Moran held a gun to his head, the gun was out of bullets, and Torrio survived. ...

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After advancing about two miles, and wading through water and mud, we spied a Johnny sitting upon his horse as a picket. ... The writer got stung slightly in the left hand by one of these diminutive missiles from Johnny's shot-gun. ... Swails got wounded in his right arm. ... A, got mashed by the cars. Private Jorris got his collar-bone broken. ...

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When he got out in 1932, his reputation as a good wheelman got him a job as chauffeur to Paul "The Waiter" Ricca. ... John "Hollywood" Roselli (1905-1975) Johnny was a known liar. ... This got him into contact with Longy Zwillman, a New Jersey labor rackets boss, and Roselli became his primary West coast contact. ... Roselli got five years. ... He was broke when he got out of prison in 1974, so he moved in with his sister. ...

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"If we got ten people in one place, that was great," said Selena. ... Abraham and Johnny knew each other from high school. Johnny later got a show on a Spanish language TV station called the "Johnny Canales Show". ... On March 13, Yolanda Saldivar bought a gun. ... Just as Selena was taking the ring off, Yolanda pulled out a gun. ...

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The communists usually always got the blame. ... Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. ... Al Capone moved to Chicago in 1920 where he worked for Johnny Torrio the city's leading figure in the underworld. ... Torrio handed over to Capone his 'business'. ... He got 11 years in jail. ...

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Ponyboy, the main character, lives with his brothers as a greaser. ... Johnny, realizing they might kill Ponyboy, retaliates and kills Bob, one of the Socs with his switchblade. ... Dally helps them by giving them some money, a gun, and a place to hide. ... When the cops pull up he pulls out an empty gun so the cops shoot him. ... Disappointments are shown when Bob dies and the Socs grieve for him, when Ponyboy grieves for his parents because they died, and when Johnny dies and it disturbs the Greasers. ...

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She was the girlfriend of the pro-Clanton sheriff, Johnny Behan (Peterson, 2). Wyatt and Josephine got close while Wyatt and his wife, Mattie, were still married. ... Two gamblers might resort to gun play, as might two drunken cowboys. ... He did not draw his gun for any reason, he did so only if he was provoked. For the most part, he was a quiet, reserved, and private man, but if you got on his bad side, you better watch out....

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As soon as the fact that the victims were Christian's came out, fingers got pointed. ... His fellow students also recognized his violent nature, for they "jokingly" voted him as "Most Likely to Start World War III (Frontline)." ... So then we must ask how any sane person could let this child back into his parent's custody and free to roam the streets after he had brought a gun to school the day before. ... They obtained guns through a friend at a gun show and put two propane bombs in the cafeteria. ... As soon as word got out about the shootings once again people tried to figure out...

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