Here is a video for "One" by Metallica, based on the novel Johnny Got His Gun. The video contains scenes from the film adaptation and works as an interesting synopsis.
Friday, October 6, 2017
Due Wednesday, October 11th - Q2 Essay for "Johnny Got His Gun"
Please complete the Q2 essay assignment for Johnny Got His Gun. On Wednesday, we will workshop these essays as well as discuss stylistic writing choices, syntax, diction, and transitions using real essay examples from prompts you have written. Please post the completed essay to Turnitin.com.
Here is a video for "One" by Metallica, based on the novel Johnny Got His Gun. The video contains scenes from the film adaptation and works as an interesting synopsis.
Here is a video for "One" by Metallica, based on the novel Johnny Got His Gun. The video contains scenes from the film adaptation and works as an interesting synopsis.
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Nicholas Carroll
ReplyDeleteIn this reading, I found that the shifting third person perspective allowed the reader to relate with both the father and his son. We can collectively understand why he would’ve wanted to venture off the beaten path, to go out with his friend rather than spend more time with his dad, yet simultaneously we see it from the Father’s perspective just as well. He sees his son, his friend and his companion leave the nest. It must’ve been heart wrenching for him to watch, which was emphasized by the author’s usage of syntax in the dialogue between the father and the son. He makes the characters think and speak in prose, which then in turn makes them far more relatable to the reader than if he had them speak more poetically.
With this in mind I think it would be fair to say that the relationship between the father and the Son is intimate, yet at the same time we’re beginning to see the son grow out of his need to be at his father’s side. He’s becoming his own man, making his own decisions and he doesn’t feel the need to be attached to his father’s hip any longer than is necessary. The dynamic that he plays within the family is beginning to shift with the passage of time, he understands this, and ultimately welcomes it. The father is hurt but he respects his son’s wishes, which is perhaps best exemplified when he let’s his son fish with his rod. This is a metaphor which, in effect, alludes to the passage of the torch. His son is no longer a child, but a man.
The usage of strict prose was an intentional decision which has been made by the author to make a point. The author used the prose like a tool, and emphasized it with the details he sprinkled in. All the little parts of the selection, from the crackling fire to the roaring water all come together to create a vivid sense of connectedness with the environment that the author created.
The selection ends with the son leaving with his father’s rod without explicitly telling him he was doing so. Perhaps the author had intended this to mean that he could not face his father because he was burdened with the guilt of letting him down. In this, we can see that the characters legitimately care for one another in a way that is unique to them. Unspoken, though understood.