Johnny Got His Gun

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anti-war novel novel

Johnny Got His Gun is a 1939 anti-war novel that powerfully depicts the physical and psychological devastation of World War I through the story of a grievously wounded American soldier.

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Johnny Got His Gun canonical 4
Johnny Get Your Gun 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-war novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedBy Dalton Trumbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Dalton Trumbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
awarded National Book Award: Most Original Book (1939) NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCharacter Joe Bonham's army comrades ⓘ
Joe Bonham's father NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joe Bonham's mother NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kareen NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts life of a grievously wounded soldier ⓘ
physical devastation of war ⓘ
psychological devastation of war ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre political fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
war novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation Johnny Got His Gun (1971 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMotive critique of war ⓘ
defense of human dignity ⓘ
hasSubject conscientious objection ⓘ
disabled veterans ⓘ
militarism ⓘ
influenced anti-war movement in the United States ⓘ
literaryMovement social protest literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Joe Bonham NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrativeStructure stream of consciousness ⓘ
notableFor graphic depiction of war injuries ⓘ
intense interior monologue ⓘ
notableUsage featured in Metallica's music video for "One" ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfSetting American hospital ⓘ
Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonist Joe Bonham NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1939 ⓘ
publisher J. B. Lippincott & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ
setDuring World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme anti-war ⓘ
communication ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
individual vs state ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1910s ⓘ
titleOrigin derived from American marching song "Johnny Get Your Gun" ⓘ

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Dalton Trumbo → notableWork → Johnny Got His Gun ⓘ
Dalton Trumbo → wroteNovel → Johnny Got His Gun ⓘ
Dalton Trumbo → directedFilm → Johnny Got His Gun ⓘ
One → usesFootageFrom → Johnny Got His Gun ⓘ
subject surface form: One (Metallica song)
John Ball → notableWork → Johnny Got His Gun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johnny Get Your Gun
In the Heat of the Night (novel) → hasSequel → Johnny Got His Gun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johnny Get Your Gun