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Joghnny got his gunJoes Loses The some horrific part of the novel Johnny Got His Gun is the fact that Joe Bonham (the protagonist) is stripped of all he has and left with only his life and a sense of impression. His arms, legs and face have been blown off while fighting for democracy in the first realism war. In addition to all his extremities and face he is also stripped of his vision, his hearing, his taste and smell. He is only left with a vague sense of touch on what he has left of his body. Being essentially robbed of everything he has ever known would be way too much of a shock for Joe. For most people the shock of losing any limb would be devastating almost unbearable. However a loss of Joes extent if it were to be discovered all at once could have overwhelmed him, either driven him to insanity or causing him to totally give up and die. By having Joe find out around each of his losss separately it adds more horror to Joes situation. It also keeps the reader of the sto ry into the book, if someone found out the extent of Joes injuries all at once you might not contin...