What does Joe want and why is it against regulations?
Joe wants to get out of the hospital. He has been trying to communicate with Morse code to the nurses but they couldn’t translate it. They eventually found someone that could help to understand what he was saying. All really wants is to be normal and go out into the world again. He wants all his limbs back, and wants to show people what war did to him. When he asks to go they let him down and say that he isn’t allowed. If the hospital let him out people would see the horrific things that war does to people, and this could potentially scare them. This would restrict other people from wanting to join the military and go to war.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
johnny 7
Explain the dream with Christ.
Joe starts tripping and hallucinating off the medicine he receives. In his dream he encounters Christ. He meets Christ at a train station playing black jack with men who are about to go to the war. He realizes that the fate of the Tucson boy is different then the other men and that they will die and he wont. He then jumps out of the train window to catch up with Jesus who is hovering in the distance in the desert. Joe is scared to have to encounter something that is horrible, and worse than death which is suffering.
Joe starts tripping and hallucinating off the medicine he receives. In his dream he encounters Christ. He meets Christ at a train station playing black jack with men who are about to go to the war. He realizes that the fate of the Tucson boy is different then the other men and that they will die and he wont. He then jumps out of the train window to catch up with Jesus who is hovering in the distance in the desert. Joe is scared to have to encounter something that is horrible, and worse than death which is suffering.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Johnny 5
• Why does Joe decide to master time? How does he do it?
Since Joe cant see, hear, speak, touch, he doesn’t know how to tell dates or time. This makes him have a disconnection with what’s outside in the real world. He tries different ways to counting time but gets lost he would have to stay up all day and count. He finally decided to tell time by the heat of sun hitting his neck during the day. His method of telling time wasn’t exactly precise but it helped him somewhat with a connection with the outside world.
Since Joe cant see, hear, speak, touch, he doesn’t know how to tell dates or time. This makes him have a disconnection with what’s outside in the real world. He tries different ways to counting time but gets lost he would have to stay up all day and count. He finally decided to tell time by the heat of sun hitting his neck during the day. His method of telling time wasn’t exactly precise but it helped him somewhat with a connection with the outside world.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Johnny 4
What does Joe believe is worth fighting for? What is not worth it?
He believes that there should be something worth fighting for if people are going to risk their lives and fight. Joe doesn’t see what he is fighting for. He believes that if someone dies in war they will not see actually what they are fighting for. Joe believes that he is fighting to protect himself, and so he can go home back to his loved ones.
He believes that there should be something worth fighting for if people are going to risk their lives and fight. Joe doesn’t see what he is fighting for. He believes that if someone dies in war they will not see actually what they are fighting for. Joe believes that he is fighting to protect himself, and so he can go home back to his loved ones.
Johnny 3
Why does the rat come to visit Joe? What does it represent?
The rat comes to visit him to eat off his flesh. When Joe is awake he thinks he feels his open wound being munched at by this rat. He remembers when he saw a dead German officer being munched on by a rat. The “presence” of the rat scares him because wherever rats are there is death nearby. This rat isn’t actually there because he is just hallucinating it. Since he cant see and doesn’t have arms so he cant pinch himself to see if he is dreaming or hallucinating.
The rat comes to visit him to eat off his flesh. When Joe is awake he thinks he feels his open wound being munched at by this rat. He remembers when he saw a dead German officer being munched on by a rat. The “presence” of the rat scares him because wherever rats are there is death nearby. This rat isn’t actually there because he is just hallucinating it. Since he cant see and doesn’t have arms so he cant pinch himself to see if he is dreaming or hallucinating.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Johnny 2
Why does Joe remember working at the bakery? What does he admire about Jose?
Joe remembers working at the bakery with Jose, and how he let down this nice New Yorker girl that wanted to marry him. Jose was also a bum who got himself a job. He later finds a job that pays more, but doesn’t want to leave the bakery because he was given an opportunity there. Jose finally knocks over a bunch of blueberry pies and his manager fires him. One thing that Joe admires about Jose is that he paid for the pies that he ruined, which was surprising because he used to he a bum and you’d regularly expect them to be greedy about money.
Joe remembers working at the bakery with Jose, and how he let down this nice New Yorker girl that wanted to marry him. Jose was also a bum who got himself a job. He later finds a job that pays more, but doesn’t want to leave the bakery because he was given an opportunity there. Jose finally knocks over a bunch of blueberry pies and his manager fires him. One thing that Joe admires about Jose is that he paid for the pies that he ruined, which was surprising because he used to he a bum and you’d regularly expect them to be greedy about money.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Johnny 1
What is Joe’s situation? Why does he compare it to drowning?
Joe has come back from a war and is severely injured because of an explosion. The doctors have to amputate his arm, which is a horrible experience to loose a limb. I believe that his mindset and what he was dealing with at that time made him visualize and think back into memories of himself before the war. I think he compares it to drowning because he keeps going back and forth through memories of his life and before the war and after it.
Joe has come back from a war and is severely injured because of an explosion. The doctors have to amputate his arm, which is a horrible experience to loose a limb. I believe that his mindset and what he was dealing with at that time made him visualize and think back into memories of himself before the war. I think he compares it to drowning because he keeps going back and forth through memories of his life and before the war and after it.
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