Symbolism, Therapeutic Community, and the Big Nurse

Please read one flew over the cuckoo's nest chapter 5 and answer the questions. please avoid plagiarism.

DIRECTIONS: Take notes on the following questions while you read Chapter 5. Page references may not line up to your text. Questions are in order.

1. What is the topic of discussion for the group meeting?


2. “That’s a good rule for a smart gambler, look the game over a while before you draw yourself a hand” (49). What does this mean that McMurphy is going to do?


3. “…a little world Inside that is a made-to-scale prototype of the big world Outside that you will one day be taking your place again” (50). This is a description of the Therapeutic Community. Explain the Therapeutic Community in your own words.


4. Why had Pete Bancini been a Chronic all his life?


5. “He had come to life for maybe a minute to try to tell us something, something none of us cared to listen to or tried to understand, and the effort had drained him dry” (55). What did Pete Bancini try to tell the others?


6. Why does McMurphy call the group therapy meeting a “pecking party”? (57)


7. What does McMurphy call Nurse Ratched on pg. 60 and what does he mean by this?


8. Why does Harding call himself and the other patients “rabbits”? (64)


9. “Man when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.” What does McMurphy mean by this? (70)


10. What bet does McMurphy make with the other patients?

Overall:

1. What is the purpose of Chapter 5? What did it allow Kesey to communicate?

Periodically throughout the reading we will examine select sections of the movie (NOT THE WHOLE THING- YET), to practice analysis of a film. Watch the clip of this scene and follow the directions below.

1. Take notes on the clip. Refer to this handout for guidance - use at least 2 film terms in your notes:


2. What was the movie trying to accomplish? Was it the same as Kesey?