Wednesday, April 30, 2008

POST 2: Pages 42-103

Homework
Read Pages 78-103

After reading tonight's assignment, respond to the following questions with a BLOG COMMENT (multiple if you'd like, but you can choose only one):

1) Explain Harding's Analogy of the men being rabbits.

2) Harding states that no one has ever dared to tell the truth before McMurphy; what is the truth McMurphy tells the men?

3) Explain Pecking Party as used to describe the Therapeutic Community.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Getting Started....PAGES #9-41

Okay, we have started Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and now it is time to actually respond to what you have read thus far. What are you noticing? What do you like? What do you dislike? WHY? WHY? WHY?

Post 5 times a week over the next 3 weeks, and be sure that you respond (3 times out of the 5) to the posts of your peers.

1) Personal Fog. What is your personal Fog?

2) Who do you know like Chief Bromden (lost in their own personal fog)?

3) Who is Randall P. McMurphy?
-Define McMurphy’s characteristics

4) Do you know anyone like McMurphy?
-Breaking free of tradition
-Damn the man
-Free-Thinking?

5) Acutes. Are they simply monkeys?
-Yes Men!

6) Chronics. What are they hiding from? Why?