Both Uses of
paralysis
in
Johnny Got His Gun
- The pieces of skin on each side of his neck and the half of his forehead seemed to tingle as if they had been paralyzed and now were getting a fresh supply of blood.
Chpt 11 *paralyzed = lost the ability to move
- Walking out of the bakery on new year's eve with the bins every which-way and the ovens empty and the conveyors stopped and the wrapping machines paralyzed and the dividers still and nobody but the crew going out of a strange silent place with their voices echoing flatly against dead machinery.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(paralysis) loss of the ability to move the body or a part of it
or:
inability to act or make a decision