Cuckoo's Nest Questions by Ms. Flanagan https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H H Block en-us 2017-05-03 21:04:32 UTC 2017-05-09 12:07:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Kathryn https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727414 1. Who decides who is sane and who is not sane?
2. To what extent are the patients illnesses real? Can they be cured?
3. For what reasons would Chief act deaf and dumb even though he is fully capable of talking and hearing?

]]> 2017-05-09 11:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727414 lizzy kelly https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727432 1. Why does Kesey keep bringing up the man who gives tours of the ward and focusing on his clammy hands clapping together? (34)
2. If all of the personnel in the hospital know that McMurphy is faking so he doesn’t have to go to jail, why are they admitting him and allowing him to disturb their peace? (42)
3. Why does Kesey chose to write so informally at times?]]> 2017-05-09 11:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727432 Nadia S https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727440 1. What is so special about the acutes that the doctors feel that they are important for the “cure”?
2. Why does Chief think that some of the pills contain wires and electronics?
3. What is wrong with the Big Nurse?
]]> 2017-05-09 11:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727440 Mega https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727460 Compare the Chief and McMurphy? How do they put up a front in this hospital? 
Is the mental hospital only making things worse for the patients? 
Why is Ms. Ratched such an important character, what does she represent? ]]> 2017-05-09 11:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727460 Dante https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727464 1. Why do they call the Nurse the Big Nurse?
2. What was the significance of the Big Nurse not talking on the microphone when the patients are being called for medications (Pg. 30)
3. What significance does the sexualization of the nurses have?]]> 2017-05-09 11:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727464 Ashwin https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727469 1. What will the nurses do to Taber for questioning the pills? 
2. What will happen when they realize Bromen is deaf?
3. What will McMurphy do to  Chief Bromen now that he is the real chief?]]> 2017-05-09 11:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727469 Clara https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727481 1. To what extent do the nurses and black boys not care about the well being of the patients? (30-32).
2. What makes Kesey hypersexualize scenes? (32-33)
3. Why would McMurphy put emphasis on the term psychopathic? Is it because he does not believe that he is a psychopathic? Could he have convinced himself that he isn’t a psychopath? (Kesey 42).
]]> 2017-05-09 11:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727481 Joe https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727491 1. Why does Kesey use such harsh language, especially in descriptions and adjectives?
2. To what extent does the Chief belong in the asylum?
3. To what extent is the Big Nurse like the warden of the asylum?]]> 2017-05-09 11:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727491 Casey https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727496
  • What is the purpose of the drawings in the book?
  • why do the nurses seem to want so much communication, but are seen as mean and forceful by the patients? Follow up: if it was told by a different perspective, would they be portrayed differently?
  • why such a big emphasis on race?-(black boys and nurses pg 26)
    • ]]>     2017-05-09 11:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727496     Lauren https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727546 1. Page 22- Why would Chief want to act deaf and dumb and how does this affect his thoughts?
    2. Page 24-25-Is the idea of a manipulator a comment on McMurphy, or the whole establishment as a whole? 
    3. Page 50-Does the clock represent the people on the ward?]]>     2017-05-09 11:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727546     Mone https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727552 1. To what extent is Kesey able to convey the emotions of his characters through the use of his long and dense sentences (6). 
    2. Compare the more elegant/formal style of imagery used in the Great Gatsby to the style Kesey uses (23). 
    3. How do the question marks add to the tone of  the passage (45)?]]>     2017-05-09 11:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727552     Hunter https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727556 1. McMurphy and Harding have very similar personalities; therefore, how will the two of them interact with each other?
    2. Will anyone ever catch on that Chief Bromden is actually not deaf and if someone does, what will happen?
    3. McMurphy seems to be angering both the patients and the workers, so will anyone lose their cool with him?]]>     2017-05-09 11:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727556     Bryce https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727601 1.Why does Chief Bromden choose to remain silent and pretend to be deaf, despite appearing to understand everything going on around him? (page 22).
    2.What is the purpose for splitting up the ward into three groups of people: the Acutes, Chronics, and Vegetables? (29). 
    3. To what extent should the nurse be trusted to run the meetings and contain this much power in the ward? Does she care about their futures?(56). ]]>     2017-05-09 11:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727601     Jake https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727650
  • Why has Kesey chosen someone like Mr. Mcmurphy to be in the mental asylum, who clearly has no psychological issues?
  • What could the outside world be in Kesey’s mind? 
  • What is Kesey’s big deal with the management of time within the hospital?
    • ]]>     2017-05-09 11:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727650     CJ https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727666 1. How do the members of the hospital not realize the extent of Chief Bromdon's capabilities?
    2. Why are the practices of the hospital so inhumane?
    3. To what extent do the nurses actually care about the patients? It seems that they treat them as animals.]]>     2017-05-09 11:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727666     Dalts https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727674 1. Why would someone claim that they are crazy? How do they benefit themselves by calling themselves crazy? (41)
    2. How can one pretend to be a person that they are not? (18)
    3. Why was Peter not wired like the rest of them? What did he do to prevent them from wiring him? If he is not wired, why is he in a mental institution? (48)]]>     2017-05-09 11:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727674     Tess https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727750 1.  To what is extent does McMurphy really need medical attention for mental illness and what is he not willing to share?
    2. Why is the Big Nurse so protective of these patients despite their title just being “Acutes”?
    3. What is the meaning of this calendar and why does Kesey elaborate so much on The Big Nurse’s “special glass”?]]>     2017-05-09 11:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727750     Rachel https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727947 1. Why does Kesey use italics often even though most authors do not use it at all? (7)
    2. What is Kesey’s purpose in using sentence fragments? (28)
    3. Why does the author use dashes in words that do not actually contain them? (51)]]>     2017-05-09 11:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170727947     Neil Wei https://padlet.com/aflanagan/H/wish/170728032 1)What does the Mental ward symbolize as a whole and what do the characters tell us about such a place?
    2)What do the Chronics and the Acutes think about each other?
    3) What does the Characters think about their experiences with the nurses and outside world?

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