Wow. There's really not much to say other than that. Bromden gets out!? Really? The guy who didn't speak for the majority of the book and he gets out? Very, very, very sneaky of Ken Kesey to do this. I thought it was really interesting how McMurphy is portrayed as the sane one throughout the entire book but we soon find out that he's actually insane, or at least goes it.
So what exactly does McMurphy do that shows he could be "insane"...he strangles Nurse Ratched. Throughout the book, it's been the little annoying pranks on her, but this time. He strangled her, and she is unable to speak. It seems like McMurphy's insane characteristics came out of nowhere. Ken Kesey seemed to build up that other patients, like Bromden who's body build could take on anyone, would outbreak. However, it's the man who was supposedly the most sane the entire time.
The shocking part of the ending is the McMurphy is given a lobotomy and tuns into a "chronic". Or someone who's like a vegetable. Chief Bromden does the unknown and kills McMurphy and throws the control panel out the window and escapes. What I thought of when this happened is what McMurphy told the people at the gas station on the fishing trip. Saying that everyone on the bus is an insane murderer or killer. Seems like it backfired on McMurphy as that he was actually killed by one of the insane murderers on the bus. So Chief Bromden, the one who's assumed to be insane from the beginning, who hadn't talked in a long time, escaped. Ken Kesey, you sneak.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Reading Pages 225-250
In tonights reading McMurphy asked Chief if he could move the control panel. I thought this was big because what McMurphy asked Chief to do, he did. Chief was able to move the control panel, which soon earned McMurphy money. McMurphy seems to be doing everything in his best interest, and even though he was nice to take some of the patients on a fishing trip, I'm starting to think that what he's doing is like a dictatorship. He's almost in complete control of the other patients. The Nurse tries to convince the other patients that McMurphy is doing things in his best interest, but the patients disagree.
Now that McMurphy knows that Chief will listen to him, I think he'll start asking him to do more risky things. McMurphy and Chief have now gotten into a fight with one of the aides, which is more risky. McMurphy has had an affect on Chief. However, Chief seems to be doing things that could get him into trouble. Will Chief continue doing what McMurphy asks him to do? Will they continue to be friends? It seems like McMurphy has only brought on bad towards Chief other than he's gotten him to talk and react.
Now that McMurphy knows that Chief will listen to him, I think he'll start asking him to do more risky things. McMurphy and Chief have now gotten into a fight with one of the aides, which is more risky. McMurphy has had an affect on Chief. However, Chief seems to be doing things that could get him into trouble. Will Chief continue doing what McMurphy asks him to do? Will they continue to be friends? It seems like McMurphy has only brought on bad towards Chief other than he's gotten him to talk and react.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Reading Pages 200-225
In tonight's reading I felt that Billy emphasized more than any other character. The trip started off rough when they went to the gas station and started being made fun of from the people working there. That is until McMurphy came to the rescue. Then they got to the boat and they couldn't get on until McMurphy had to save the day again by leaving when the captain wasn't looking.
The interesting thing is that even though McMurphy did some stuff with Candy Starr in the boat while the others were fishing, Billy still seemed to care for her. He was there for her they were waiting outside and he put his jacket on her, he was there for her when she couldn't handle the fishing rod, he was there for her when he gave up a life jacket to give it to her, and he was there for her when she slept on him during the ride back. I think tonights reading really focused on how Billy and Candy Starr interacted with each other and they seemed to hit it off. It's said that she's going to come back on a Saturday at 2PM. I wonder if Billy and Candy Starr's relationship will carry throughout the book. Do you think she'll actually visit HIM or McMurphy?
The interesting thing is that even though McMurphy did some stuff with Candy Starr in the boat while the others were fishing, Billy still seemed to care for her. He was there for her they were waiting outside and he put his jacket on her, he was there for her when she couldn't handle the fishing rod, he was there for her when he gave up a life jacket to give it to her, and he was there for her when she slept on him during the ride back. I think tonights reading really focused on how Billy and Candy Starr interacted with each other and they seemed to hit it off. It's said that she's going to come back on a Saturday at 2PM. I wonder if Billy and Candy Starr's relationship will carry throughout the book. Do you think she'll actually visit HIM or McMurphy?
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Reading Pages 175-200
It's kind o f odd how McMurphy wants to leave with a prostitue named Candy Starr. I know he's challenging authority but does he actually believe that he'll be able to leave for a couple hours with a prostitute? It seems very childish and unlike his last attack towards authority. It's not like the Nurse, or the rest of the authority, doesn't know what would happen if he left with a prostitute.
However, McMurphy was smart in asking to go on a fishing trip since it's not TOO out there and some say (outside of the book) that fishing is in fact therapeutic. As people sign up to go fishing, Nurse Ratched posts stories about storms and boat crashes thinking that the other patients won't sign up. It's almost like the Nurse thinks that by posting stories about boat crashes that the patients will stay in the institute and just let McMurphy go on his own. She's forgotten that she's hated throughout the institute and that McMurphy is mostly liked.
When Bromden thought of his childhood, about when he never talked to adults, I thought that he's been kind of the same throughout his entire life; shy and quiet. It seems as if McMurphy is cracking into Bromden's mind as if it were a puzzle. First McMurphy is clearing Bromden's thoughts and then what? I can't wait to see what Bromden does in the future, anyone else pumped?
However, McMurphy was smart in asking to go on a fishing trip since it's not TOO out there and some say (outside of the book) that fishing is in fact therapeutic. As people sign up to go fishing, Nurse Ratched posts stories about storms and boat crashes thinking that the other patients won't sign up. It's almost like the Nurse thinks that by posting stories about boat crashes that the patients will stay in the institute and just let McMurphy go on his own. She's forgotten that she's hated throughout the institute and that McMurphy is mostly liked.
When Bromden thought of his childhood, about when he never talked to adults, I thought that he's been kind of the same throughout his entire life; shy and quiet. It seems as if McMurphy is cracking into Bromden's mind as if it were a puzzle. First McMurphy is clearing Bromden's thoughts and then what? I can't wait to see what Bromden does in the future, anyone else pumped?
Reading Pages 150-175
This reading was really interesting since McMurphy decided to break Nurse Ratched's window. The window, which is almost invisible because of how clean it is, that McMurphy broke is part of the Nurse's power. I believe that it's a metaphor for how powerful she is and that she can look over anybody and anyone. She looks out it for hours, just looking at the patients, almost like a hawk with a mouse. Now that part of the window is covered up by cardboard it's somewhat like part of her power is gone. McMurphy is getting smarter with his attacks towards Nurse Ratched. Instead of small pranks that get her frustrated, like what her bra size is, he goes to what deeply matters to her, the glass. I believe that as time goes on, McMurphy will be getting smarter and smarter with his attacks and will soon completely over ride the Nurse. Does anyone else think that McMurphy is coming close to defeating the Nurse?
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