Johnny Got His Gun: Difference between revisions

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* [[Hope Spot]]: When Joe {{spoiler|finally manages to get his anti-draft message across to the people}}.

* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Joe sees himself as this as he continues to think about his unique condition.

* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Joe goes through it gradually when he realizes the extent of his condition. The fact that he has no eyes and is deaf puts him in near complete sensory deprivation. Proven when he laments about not knowing when he's awake or asleep and when what appears to be a memory happens to be a fantasy. Such as him and dead fellow soldiers playing Black Jack with Jesus Christ. {{Spoiler| When he finds out he can communicate through Morse Code, his sanity slowly returns with hope he may get what he asks for. Only for him to surrender to the slippage when he realizes the military won't honor his requests of being either put on a sideshow or euthanized.}}

* [[Sarcastic Title]]: The book is fiercely anti-war, but the title comes from the American [[World War I]] rallying slogan 'Johnny get your gun'.

* [[Take Our Word for It]]: When we see Joe, all we see are the sheets and bandages covering his head and what's left of his body. Aside from a few shots of the nurses maintaining his air and feeding tube, we see no gore whatsoever. Most of the horror within the movie, is based on the horrified tone of Joe's inner monologue when he slowly realizes what has happened to him. Yet despite not seeing it, the descriptions and the emotional turmoil is just enough for any viewer to get sick as though they watched a violent gorefest.