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Imagery in Johnny Got His Gun and Cry, the Beloved Country
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Imagery in Johnny Got His Gun and Cry, the Beloved Country We all have wished to change something in our lives. Everything would be perfect if we could control what happens in the world. However, we know that life offers us no choice but to accept changes that occur in life. Therefore, we grieve at piteous downfalls but rejoice great transformations. Trumbo and Paton efficiently depict changes that their main characters encounter in life. Trumbo and Paton use imagery to show positive and negative changes throughout the lives of their main characters. Trumbo uses imagery to portray Joe's pleasant past life. For example, Joe feels loved when he pictures "the sled" that was "his Christmas present" and his mother who is "laughing like a girl" and his dad who is "grinning in his slow wrinkly way" (11). The sled symbolizes familial love not only because it is...
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