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What We Take for Granted

People always say it’s the little things that we take for granted. Whether it be

being able to talk with someone, or hold someone, or even just being able to tell what

time of day it is. In Dalton Trumbos’ novel, “Johnny Got His Gun”, one really begins to

understands what it would be like to have very simple things taken away from them.

Joe Bonhame, finds himself tragically injured from the war. Over time he slowly

begins to realize all of the things that he has lost. The first thing that he loses is his

hearing. “He was awake even though he couldn’t hear a thing except a telephone that

wasn’t ringing. He was mighty scared”(p9). At first Joe doesn’t realize that he has lost

his hearing and he is under the impression that there is actually a phone ringing

somewhere, but, it’s really only in his mind. But once he realizes that he actually can’t

hear anything at all, he goes into a state of shock almost. “The shock caused his heart

to smash against his ribs. He grew prickly all over. His heart was pounding away in his

chest but he couldn’t hear the pulsing in his ear”(p10). He then begins to think about all

the things that he will never again get to experience. At first he thinks about all the bad

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