Johnny Got His Gun
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Johnny Got His Gun canonical | 4 |
| Johnny Get Your Gun | 2 |
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Target entity: Johnny Got His Gun Context triple: [Dalton Trumbo, notableWork, Johnny Got His Gun]
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 independent film written and directed by John Krasinski, adapted from David Foster Wallace’s short story collection of the same name, exploring modern masculinity through a series of darkly comic interviews.
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Gassed
Gassed is a large 1919 oil painting by John Singer Sargent depicting British soldiers temporarily blinded by mustard gas during World War I.
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C.
The Revolutionist
"The Revolutionist" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, included in his collection *In Our Time*, that portrays a young political idealist in postwar Europe.
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Victims of Duty
Victims of Duty is an absurdist play by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco that satirically explores conformity, authority, and the search for meaning through surreal, escalating interrogations.
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E.
The Slaughter Pen
The Slaughter Pen is a rocky, boulder-strewn area on the Gettysburg battlefield known for its intense and deadly close-quarters fighting during the Battle of Gettysburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Johnny Got His Gun Target entity description: 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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A.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 independent film written and directed by John Krasinski, adapted from David Foster Wallace’s short story collection of the same name, exploring modern masculinity through a series of darkly comic interviews.
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B.
Gassed
Gassed is a large 1919 oil painting by John Singer Sargent depicting British soldiers temporarily blinded by mustard gas during World War I.
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C.
The Revolutionist
"The Revolutionist" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, included in his collection *In Our Time*, that portrays a young political idealist in postwar Europe.
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D.
Victims of Duty
Victims of Duty is an absurdist play by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco that satirically explores conformity, authority, and the search for meaning through surreal, escalating interrogations.
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E.
The Slaughter Pen
The Slaughter Pen is a rocky, boulder-strewn area on the Gettysburg battlefield known for its intense and deadly close-quarters fighting during the Battle of Gettysburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-war novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Dalton Trumbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Dalton Trumbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | National Book Award: Most Original Book (1939) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Joe Bonham's army comrades
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Joe Bonham's father NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Bonham's mother NERFINISHED ⓘ Kareen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
life of a grievously wounded soldier
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physical devastation of war ⓘ psychological devastation of war ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
political fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Johnny Got His Gun (1971 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
critique of war
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defense of human dignity ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
conscientious objection
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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
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intense interior monologue ⓘ |
| notableUsage | featured in Metallica's music video for "One" ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfSetting |
American hospital
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Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Joe Bonham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| publisher | J. B. Lippincott & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-war
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communication ⓘ human suffering ⓘ individual vs state ⓘ isolation ⓘ pacifism ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1910s ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | derived from American marching song "Johnny Get Your Gun" ⓘ |
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