P.6 Cuckoo RTL Essay: Thesis Workshop by Jenna Scalf https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop en-us 2016-11-03 23:58:20 UTC 2025-10-16 16:04:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png SAMPLE THESIS STATEMENTS: jscalf1 https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135263059 1) The author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest uses a lot of symbols to illustrate his theme of social criticism. = TOO VAGUE

2) Throughout the novel, Kesey often uses various literary devices, such as motifs, symbols, and characterization, in an attempt to illustrate the theme of conformity versus rebellion and his thoughts on the matter. = STRONG DEVICES, BUT INCLUDES A THEME IDEA, NOT A STATEMENT

3) In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey uses symbolism and analogy to criticize society’s mistreatment of societal outcasts. = BETTER; FOCUSED ARGUMENT]]> 2016-11-03 23:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135263059 YOUR THESIS STATEMENT SHOULD: jscalf1 https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135263092
  • be multi-part.
  • directly address the prompt.
  • use specific language. Think of your thesis as your argument; it dictates the rest of your paper and therefore should be the most specific sentence in your entire paper.
  • include the title, author's name, specific literary devices and theme STATEMENT.

    • ]]>     2016-11-03 23:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135263092     THESIS FRAME: jscalf1 https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135263109 Title, author uses literary
    devices as it relates to theme (theme statement):
    In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey uses ______________ in order to illustrate ______________________________.
    ]]>     2016-11-03 23:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135263109     DIRECTIONS:                            1. Please post your thesis statement on this wall.              2. Read and Discuss your thesis statements with your group.                                         3. Provide constructive feedback on their thesis statement - help them improve their writing.                              4. Then, we will discuss the thesis statements as a class and talk about improvement. jscalf1 https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135263126 2016-11-04 00:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135263126 Hasan Jebory - Thesis https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511610 In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey uses symbolism, imagery, and analogies to display his theme of power and how it corrupts. ]]> 2016-11-04 21:05:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511610 Britney Le https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511650 In the fictional allegory titled One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey uses symbolism, irony, and figurative language to illustrate his negative view of society's hostility towards outcasts.]]> 2016-11-04 21:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511650 Connie Nguyen https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511800 In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey uses motifs to argue that conformity strips a person from his or her humanity and individualism.]]> 2016-11-04 21:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511800 Ashley Lee https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511809 In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey uses allegories to illustrate the idea of society’s discrimination and shame towards the individuals that are unable to fit in and conform. ]]> 2016-11-04 21:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511809 Keerthi Nair https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511856 Ken Kesey utilizes symbolism and imagery in his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest to illustrate society's oppressive discernment towards divergents.  ]]> 2016-11-04 21:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511856 Julia Irvine https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511858 In the allegorical novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey utilizes symbolism, analogy, and motif to criticize the role of women as castrators in society and their ability to strip men from their masculinity and power.]]> 2016-11-04 21:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511858 Christina Kevorkov https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511896 In One Flew of Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey uses symbolism and imagery to illustrate the society's cruel beliefs against individuals who don't conform, preventing them from developing their own self-identities. ]]> 2016-11-04 21:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511896 Ashley Singh ashleys4152 https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511954 Ken Kesey utilizes analogy, personification, and symbolism in his novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest to accentuate that society looks down upon those who are social pariahs.]]> 2016-11-04 21:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511954 Kenny Kim https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511990 In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey uses characterization, and imagery to point out the flaws of society and its restrictions of societal outcasts


    ]]>     2016-11-04 21:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135511990     Mira Patel https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512034 In his novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey utilizes symbols, motifs, and imagery to illustrate the burden that society puts on individuals who they feel are different. 

    ]]>     2016-11-04 21:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512034     Sergio Ortiz https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512044 In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , Ken Kesey uses symbolism, diction, and imagery to reveal society's misjudgment of different people.]]> 2016-11-04 21:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512044 Bridget Sun https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512048 In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey uses symbolism and motifs to demonstrate the flaws in society's tendency to enforce conformity.]]> 2016-11-04 21:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512048 Hailing Ding https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512074 Throughout the fictional novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey utilizes mechanical and bird imagery to develop his idea of a lack of freedom in a strictly facilitated society.]]> 2016-11-04 21:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512074 In One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey uses symbolism, analogy, and metaphors to illustrate montrehs1869 https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512082 2016-11-04 21:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512082 Rylan Cruz https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512115 In the story of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey utilizes symbolism, imagery, as well as analogy to illustrate society and how social outcasts were mistreated and criticized because of their differences from the majority of the people.]]> 2016-11-04 21:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512115 Nathan Lee https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512117 Ken Kesey uses imagery, symbolism, and motif to criticize society's expectation of conformity throughout his book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

    ]]>     2016-11-04 21:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512117     June Hyun Lee https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512193 Within his book, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey utilizes symbolism, analogy, and imagery to illustrate how  the society silenced and ostracized the minorities for their differences against the majority.]]> 2016-11-04 21:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512193 Alan Wu alanw2722 https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512290 In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey utilizes symbolism, and characterization to criticize the government's tendency to abuse its power.]]> 2016-11-04 21:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512290 Will Xu https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512308 In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey uses mechanical imagery and fog symbolism to illustrate how society rejects those who don't conform, and the false feeling of security that some get from conforming.]]> 2016-11-04 21:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512308 Miles Josten https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512318 Ken Kesey uses symbolism and imagery in his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, to illustrate that society wrongfully looks down upon those that are different. ]]> 2016-11-04 21:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512318 Ben Kanayama https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512329 In One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest,  Ken Kesey uses symbolism and diction to illustrate the flaws of conforming to society]]> 2016-11-04 21:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512329 Jahzeel Luna  https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512377 In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey uses symbolism, motif, and imagery to illustrate the misjudgment enforced on the social outcasts of society. ]]> 2016-11-04 21:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512377 Ryan Kim https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512440 In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey uses symbolism, analogy, and imagery to criticize society's mistreatment of societal outcasts.]]> 2016-11-04 21:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512440 Michelle Tang https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512446 In the novel, One Flew of Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey utilizes analogy and symbolism to portray society's ways of controlling people's life and mistreatment of the outcast.]]> 2016-11-04 21:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512446 Daniel Chiu https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512529 In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey utilizes symbolism and imagery to illustrate how society treats outcasts like mindless machines.]]> 2016-11-04 21:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512529 Sami Samman https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512751 In the allegory, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey uses symbolism, metaphors, and analogy to illustrate society's venomous behavior towards social outcasts. ]]> 2016-11-04 21:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512751 Nicolette Marsh https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512846 In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,  Ken Kesey utilizes the literary devices of analogy and symbolism to illustrate how society frowns upon those who are different.]]> 2016-11-04 21:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135512846 Misha Seifi https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135513288 Through One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey incorporates symbolism to reprimand society for alienating people who don't fall into society's standards.]]> 2016-11-04 21:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135513288 Catherine Ngo https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135653990 In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey uses symbolism and imagery to illustrate how society limits one's true potential by labeling them as outsiders. ]]> 2016-11-07 00:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jscalf1/P6CuckooThesisWorkshop/wish/135653990