Johnny Got His Gun 3

Right now, Joe is completely helpless. He has no arms, legs, and there is a huge whole were his face used to be that is festering and beginning to scab. One night a rat comes and starts crawling on him. The rat slowly begins to chew at his skin and open sores. The rat serves as many things. First off, it reminds him that he is completely helpless. The rat is crawling all over him, and biting him, but he cant do anything about getting him off. He tries to rock the rat off, but the rat seems to like that. He has no arms or legs to get the rat off either. Also, the rat gets him thinking about his time fighting, were the rat was the true enemy. The rat was healthy and striving while everyone else around was dieing, and because of all the deaths, the rat grew richer, not caring what side or who he was eating. The rat reminded him of his time fighting. Lastly, the rat represented when he was sleeping or when he was awake. He realized that when he was sleeping was the only time the rat came and visited him, and then when he was awake the nurse was there. Because he had no other way to judge whether he was awake or asleep, the rat helped him with this. The rat overall stands for all the problems Joe is facing right now. It reminds him of his injuries, reminds him how helpless he is, reminds him of his time fighting, and also reminds him that he is in such bad condition, he doesn't even know if he is sleeping or not.