never doing grandparents day again

This essay has many interesting ways that it can be related to Johnny Got His Gun. One way is D’Souza’s discussion of how America may not have the will power to undertake a war with Islamic fundamentalism. This is an obvious concern considering the events of Johnny Got His Gun. Joe notices the same thing in his hospital bed when he finds he is not allowed to go out and be seen because it will cause people to not want to fight in wars any more. America is filled with these notions of the outcome of war, and books like Johnny Got His Gun perpetuate them. The essay is in many ways a great contrast from Johnny Got His Gun however because it justifies war with national unity, an idea that Joe would completely disagree with. Joe believes that war should only be fought for oneself, while the author of the essay claims that kind of war is impossible.