Through out the book Bromden experiences this state where he thinks that the rooms are being filled with fog from the fog machines the Bg Nurse had placed inside the vents at the hospital.www.dezeen.com
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Foggy State of Mind
Through out the book Bromden experiences this state where he thinks that the rooms are being filled with fog from the fog machines the Bg Nurse had placed inside the vents at the hospital.www.dezeen.com
Poor People are Good People
page 1-30/ August 3,2010
Reading Response #1
“Cleo said Poppa’s fortune had walked right out the door on him in paper bags. But then, none of the Threadgoode’s could ever say no to anybody. Honey, they would give you the shirt off their backs, if you asked for it. And Cleo was no better. Cleo and I never did have a lot of fancy things, but the good lord provided, and we had everything we ever needed. I believe poor people are good people except the ones that are mean… and they’d be mean even if they were rich.”This excerpt from the novel, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, is interesting because it introduces us to some of the main characters and their personalities. The Threadgoode family gives off the “southern hospitality” vibe where they believe in friends and family relationships over material items. This family seems to do always good and never discriminate against people just because of their social status. This family’s relationships seem to be interconnected with everyone in their small town. The end of this quote seems to be a motto that they were taught as children and live by each and everyday. This is honorable and it makes the characters even more likeable. This gives us, the readers, an insight as to what we will expect from these people as the story unfolds even more.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
The Battle is Over
page 322/ August 1,2010
Quote #6
Quote:“There was a cold moon at the widow, poring light into the dorm like skim milk. I sat up in bed, and my shadow fell across the body, seeming to cleave it in half between the hips and the shoulders, leaving only a black space. The swelling had gone down enough in the eyes that they were open; they stared into the full light of the moon, open and undreaming, glazed from being open so long without blinking until they smudged fuses in a fuse box. I moved to pick up the pillow, and the eyes fastened on the movement and followed me as I stood up and crossed the few feet between the beds.”
The Big Nurse may have destroyed McMurphy mentally and physically but everyone knows that has truly has won the battle they have been fighting for so long now. Bromden is just helping him finish. The Nurse will no longer be able to keep McMurphy around to use as an example of what will happen if a patient defies her rules. That is what she wanted but she loses this battle and she will not be able to do that. From here on out any new patient that come to the ward will hear about what happened when McMurphy arrived to the what, they will not be afraid of her like the other patients first were. The nurse has lost all of her power she once had. Randle knew that he would have to sacrifice his life in order for the Nurse to give it a rest and realize that the hospital is not like it used to be and will never be like that again.
The Big Nurse may have destroyed McMurphy mentally and physically but everyone knows that has truly has won the battle they have been fighting for so long now. Bromden is just helping him finish. The Nurse will no longer be able to keep McMurphy around to use as an example of what will happen if a patient defies her rules. That is what she wanted but she loses this battle and she will not be able to do that. From here on out any new patient that come to the ward will hear about what happened when McMurphy arrived to the what, they will not be afraid of her like the other patients first were. The nurse has lost all of her power she once had. Randle knew that he would have to sacrifice his life in order for the Nurse to give it a rest and realize that the hospital is not like it used to be and will never be like that again.
Strength and Independence
page 306/ August 1,2010
Quote #5
Quote:“‘I, however, have a plan,’ Harding said. He got to his feet. He said McMurphy was obviously too far gone to handle the situation himself and someone else would have to take over. As he talked he stood straighter and became more sober. He spoke in an earnest and urgent voice, and his hands shaped what he said. I was glad he was there to take over.”
This quote is very valuable in the reader understanding that McMurphy is a main reason as to why the patients have become more independent and they have learned how to be themselves, not who someone tells them to be. McMurphy helped the patients become men; they are no longer the “rabbits” that he once described them as. Although after the EST shocks McMurphy is weakened mentally, the guys still look to him as a role model. McMurphy gave the men strength to believe in themselves and they have taken that strength to help McMurphy just as he helped them in the beginning.
This quote is very valuable in the reader understanding that McMurphy is a main reason as to why the patients have become more independent and they have learned how to be themselves, not who someone tells them to be. McMurphy helped the patients become men; they are no longer the “rabbits” that he once described them as. Although after the EST shocks McMurphy is weakened mentally, the guys still look to him as a role model. McMurphy gave the men strength to believe in themselves and they have taken that strength to help McMurphy just as he helped them in the beginning.
Beating Them At Their Own Game
page 287-288/ August 1,2010
Quote #4
Quote:“I stand, stood up slowly, feeling numb between the shoulders. The white pillows on the floor of the Seclusion Room were soaked from me peeing on them while I was out. I couldn’t remember all of it yet but I rubbed my eyes with the heels of my hands and tried to clear my head. I worked at it. I’d never worked out of coming out of it before.”
This was after Bromden got the EST shocks. He is saying that he is beating the Combine. The Combine shocks the patients to numb and dull their mind and body so they end up a vegetable. When they become a vegetable, they cannot talk and are restrained to a bed. After the shocks, they want the patients to stay unconscious for many days. However, Bromden has figured out how to beat them and come out of it faster than what they expect. This is when Bromden realizes that he does not have to let other people tell him to live his life. He knows that he does not have to fear for his life now every time they send him to get the electrotherapy. He can beat them at their own game.
This was after Bromden got the EST shocks. He is saying that he is beating the Combine. The Combine shocks the patients to numb and dull their mind and body so they end up a vegetable. When they become a vegetable, they cannot talk and are restrained to a bed. After the shocks, they want the patients to stay unconscious for many days. However, Bromden has figured out how to beat them and come out of it faster than what they expect. This is when Bromden realizes that he does not have to let other people tell him to live his life. He knows that he does not have to fear for his life now every time they send him to get the electrotherapy. He can beat them at their own game.
Living In Two Different Worlds
page 240/ August 1,2010
Quote #3
Quote:“In fact, he worked so hard at pointing out the funny side of things that I was wondering a little if maybe he was blind to the other side, if maybe he wasn’t able to see what it was that parched laughter deep inside your stomach. Maybe the guys weren’t able to see it either, just feel the pressures of the different beams and frequencies coming from all the directions, working to push and bend you one way or another, feel the Combine at work-but I was able to see it.”
This is an interesting quote from the book because it talks about the two different worlds that the patients are exposed to. The first is a free and careless world with laughter. They see this world when they leave the ward and go on the fishing trip. They were not told how to act and they could just be themselves. Though they were judged, they showed everyone whom they truly were and stood up to the people who thought badly of them. The second world is where they live on a daily basis with the Big Nurse telling them who to be and how to act. This world is very structured and rigid. From then on, the patients fight with the Big Nurse so they can live in the first world; this way they will have freedom. Bromden sees exactly what the Combine is trying to do to these men, though some may not see this.
This is an interesting quote from the book because it talks about the two different worlds that the patients are exposed to. The first is a free and careless world with laughter. They see this world when they leave the ward and go on the fishing trip. They were not told how to act and they could just be themselves. Though they were judged, they showed everyone whom they truly were and stood up to the people who thought badly of them. The second world is where they live on a daily basis with the Big Nurse telling them who to be and how to act. This world is very structured and rigid. From then on, the patients fight with the Big Nurse so they can live in the first world; this way they will have freedom. Bromden sees exactly what the Combine is trying to do to these men, though some may not see this.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
page 285/ August 1,2010
Quote #2
Quote:“Tingle, tingle, tangle toes, she’s a good fisherman, catches hen, puts ’em inna pens…wire blier, limber lock, three geese inna flock... one flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest… O-U-T spells out… goose swoops down and plucks you out.”
These are the lyrics to the song that Bromden’s grandmother used to sing to him. They help to explain why the book was titled, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The lyric are one large metaphor that compares the geese to live in the ward. The geese represent the “higher” people in life (such as the Big Nurse or the Doctor). All the hens in this pen represent all of the people in the world. The few hens that are plucked out of this pen represent the patients. They were of the few that were chosen to be different from the rest. The goose plucked up the patients. The goose chooses the hens that flew over the cuckoo’s nest and these hens became different.
These are the lyrics to the song that Bromden’s grandmother used to sing to him. They help to explain why the book was titled, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The lyric are one large metaphor that compares the geese to live in the ward. The geese represent the “higher” people in life (such as the Big Nurse or the Doctor). All the hens in this pen represent all of the people in the world. The few hens that are plucked out of this pen represent the patients. They were of the few that were chosen to be different from the rest. The goose plucked up the patients. The goose chooses the hens that flew over the cuckoo’s nest and these hens became different.
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