Joe's injuries

Joe is very badly injured. He no longer has his arms and legs, his face, we can assume, is scabbed over, he's deaf and he has a hole in his side which is leaking something. His injuries matter a lot because he wishes that he was dead. He says that he is envious of his friend Bill Harper, who died in the war. The only thing that Joe has left is his mind. He tries to communicate by wrinkling his forehead and tapping, but people do not understand. Like we talked about in class, he is as close to death as you can get. His state is extremely depressing to him, he talks about how he never thought this would happen to him. He talks about the ring that Kareen gave him and how now it is on a rotting arm. This book is extremely well written and it has made me tear up a couple times so far. I have enjoyed reading it even though it can be quite depressing at times.