OFOCN Revised

1. In the book, the women that work in the unit are described as harsh and cold (especially Nurse Ratched). On the other hand, Candy was seen as a vibrant lively woman. She seemed like a ray of sunshine on the dank ward. Kesey seems to think that women who try to hide their awesome lady features are bad. He does seem to think as women as a little bit more than sex objects (hopefully) and he seems to believe that women can be respectable, even if they are prostitutes.

2.Nurse Ratched's name describes her personality perfectly. Nowadays, Ratched means 'bad' or nasty. Ratched is how Mr. Bromden describes her. She is a heartless, cold, emotionless woman who refuses to show anyone her soft-side. The word ratched also means (from encyclopedia.com) "Mechanical device that transmits intermittent motion or permits a shaft to rotate in one direction but not in the opposite one." The Big Nurse refuses to loosen up and let anyone unmask her hard outer shell. Bromden often describes her as mechanical and uses 'transmition' as a metaphor for her 'control' over the patients and her employees.

3. In this time period, it may have been concidered a matriarchy because women may have been becoming more dominant. The first boob job was given in 62., that is kind of interesting and the first Wal-Mart was opened. I think maybe during this period women may have been taking control of their lives and affairs instead of depending on their fathers/husbands.http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1962.html 

4. I don't think this book is racist. The "three black boys" in this book just seem sadistic. It doesn't seem anti-black. He was just giving some facts. He talked about the nurse the same way and she was a white lady.

5. McMurphy seems a little Christ like. He was kind of "the savior of the ward". He was tortured like Jesus was. However, McMurphy wasn't really like Jesus, as a matter of fact he was far from it. He gambled, he hired prostitutes, smoked, drank, and did whatever the heck he wanted. He helped the other patients, but didn't want to seem like a punk so occasionally he had to put on his manly face and pretend like he didn't care about his mentally insane companions. Candy just seems like she was his helper. She helped loosen the patients up a little and reminded them what a "real" woman looked/acted like.

6. I'm guessing that the hippies poked at "the man" and got under his skin. They revolted in spurts and believed that no one over thirty years of age could be trusted. The grown-ups stoped them harshly when they got too out of hand and ultimatly put a damper on their get togethers.

7. I think Nurse Ratched's behavior is being related to the Communists in Korea and that limitations of any kind are bad for any human being.

8. Chief Broom seems like a nice, timid gigantic dude. He seems to be a reliable narrator, despite the hallucinations and the overly exaggerated features of people whenever they get angry. It may be significant that he is Native American because of what happened to his people and how the white people came and took thier land and abused his father. He calls the world a "Combine" which i really don't understand, it sounds related to the military and makes him sound a bit more insane. When he runs away from the ward, it seems like there has been a weight lifted off of his shoulders and he is free and "better" from his past ailments.

9. Freudian thoughts are really strange. He believed that dreams were all symbolic. Cheif Broom's dream of a mechanical ward with rusted machines seems self explanitory symbol though. We all know that he thought of the ward as a place with machines with things wrong with them. When he described the ward he used a whole bunch of mechanical phrases and comparisons.

10.The hippie drugs must have been made by the hippies and naturally grown. They did not trust the pills of the grown-ups/ establishment and did not trust them with any kind of chemical drug.

11.This book was probably popular because of how it represents the oppression of the 'harmless fun havers'.  OFOCN was influential on account of how the ward is used as metaphor for the world and the people against the hippies and how McMurphy and the cooky patients were just misunderstood people that wanted out of the ward, but needed a little push to set their plans in motion.

12. See answer 11. Kesey may think that modern America has loss touch of their originality and freedom. He believes that Americans should be free and should not be limited.

13. The novel shows how democracy is a fluke because everytime there was a group meeting, the nurse over-ruled the wishes of the majority of the patients of the ward.

14. The people in the 60s movement most likely thought that the criminals and lunatics were just misunderstood people being put down b 'the man'. There is a fine line between normal and criminally insane. I don't think the hippies specified who they wanted to set free, this could have been a problem.

15. Gambling is important to McMurphy because I think it lets us know that he takes chances and lives on the edge.

16. The Big Nurse may symbolize the hippies' natural enemy aka the police and the grown-ups or anyone who doesn't do the things that they do.

17. The book describes liberation as being free from rules and authority figures.

18. I think the parts that chief is hallucinating is when Kesey is on LSD because that was really out there.

19. Laughter is a big part of this book because it signifies the patients loosening up and forshadows the nurses downfall.

20. The mentally insane patients of the ward seem perfectly normal (for the most part) in the eyes of Chief Broom. Nurse Ratched and the black boys seem really sadistic and enjoy torturing the patients which may seem insane for some of the readers. See answer 11

21. Kesey thinks that society shouldn't alter people. He believes that they should just roam free and have fun. In order to reform society, we should just let it be and not give it any rules... Yeah

22. Rhetorical devices used the most frequently are similes and hyperbole. Loads of comparisons are made to a plethora of things/people/ideas. People's feelings are exaggerated in their body features such as rage and timidity. These rhetorical devices put the narrator's story on the edge but not making it so it is unbelievable.

Hortensia For Research (19) #1

http://www.moyak.com/papers/roman-women.html   Ancient Roman Women: A Look at Their Lives by Moya K. Mason

The women of Ancient Rome were treated like a lower class. They got second hand education. They were usually married by 12 years old and most died giving birth to their children (they were expected to have as many babies as they could because not many of them would survive). For a while they weren't able to make any kind of purchases (clothes, jewelry). Basically, they stayed home and took care of the children and were seen but not heard.

Locke For Research (59) #2

Locke's audience was the people of the nation who needed to be enlightened on the government. He wanted people to see a different side of the government and what could be if people did what they were suppose to. Locke wanted them to see a 'government' in which took care of itself due to the morals of its own citizen.

Citizens of the World: Readings in Human Rights published by the great books foundation main editor: Nancy Carr

For Research #2 (133)

Citation: http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/stalin.html  

Stalin actually translate to "man of steel". He killed 20 million people, in which 14 and a half million starved to death and about a million were assinated for "political offenses". He gained leadership when the leader of his country had a stroke, and he was next in line for the position. He killed anyone suspected of being against him or his views and people's speech, writing, and actions were kept on a tight leash.

For Research (p.126 #2)

The Islam and Hindu religion has coexisted for centuries. They influence each other. Hinduism is dominant (80%) and Islam is 12% of the population. Despite the percentage difference, the rulers of India were often Muslim.

Citation: "Hinduism and Islam in India" By S. V. Desika Char Copyright 1993By S. V. Desika Cha published by

      Markus Wiener in Princeton, New Jersey.
Citation: adaniel.tripod.com by Aharon Daniel copyright 1999 "Islam and Hinduism in India"

OFOTCN #2

Nurse Ratched's name describes her personality perfectly. Nowadays, Ratched means 'bad' or nasty. Ratched is how Mr. Bromden describes her. She is a heartless, cold, emotionless woman who refuses to show anyone her soft-side. The word ratched also means (from encyclopedia.com) "Mechanical device that transmits intermittent motion or permits a shaft to rotate in one direction but not in the opposite one." The Big Nurse refuses to loosen up and let anyone unmask her hard outer shell. Bromden often describes her as mechanical and uses 'transmition' as a metaphor for her 'control' over the patients and her employees.

For Research (p.110 #2)

Women's voting had to be enforced by police and officers to make sure that the women stayed safe during thier voting experiences. There was petitions and stand-outs. The government officials had to force the men of society to let the women vote. the end

For Research (p.102 #1)

Abe Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation led to the 13th Amendment. This amendment kind of sunk in the deal that Abe introduced. It abolished slavery nationwide.
Citation: Emancipation Proclamation to the 13th Amendment

             By Martin Kelly, About.com Guide   December 14, 2010

For Research (p.116 #2)

http://www.toolness.com/nike/ it is really messed up, but i think it is funny,
There is a Nike sweatshop in Oregon. They cannot access their health benifits. They make 60 to 100 percent Nike apparel. Workers make about 40$ a week, with no overtime. EVERYONE buys Nike one point in their lives, I promise you. Nike is a shoe company  that also sells atheletic clothing. the Nike company has set guidelines and rules to take care of their workers. The Workers’ Rights Board is trying to meet with the CEOs of nike soon to bring up the issues of their mistreatment of employees.
Citation: labornotes.org "Nike’s Love Affair with Sweatshops: Still Doing It" by Margaret Butler last updated          04/29/2010

For Research (p.95 #1)

The State of the Union called for troops to march them along to their "new homes", this march is called the Trail of Tears. Thousands of Native Americans died from the hardships of march. Some of the Cherokee tribes abandoned their culture and assimilated like the New Englanders wanted them to.
pbs.org "Indian Removal" Copyright © 1998, 1999 WGBH Educational Foundation

For Research (p.65 #1)

The French Revolution was full of ideas based on liberty and personal freedoms. Rousseau influenced this movement by writing about equality that led  to overthrowing the existing, unfair governemnt.
"Citizens of the World: Readings in Human Rights" copyright 2004 published by The Great Books Foundation in

          Chicago Illinois Senior Editor: Nancy Carr

For Research (p. 56 #1)

Slaves in ancient Rome could aquire freedom by either earning enough money to buy their own freedom. They would often become tradesmen and enslave their own slaves so that they will not have to work as hard/harshly for someone else. These slaves that bought their freedom could not gain citizenship, however, their children would automatically be citizens at birth.
Citation: historylink102.com "Slavery in Roman Society"Copyright © 2000-2011 All Rights Reserved History Source LLC

For Research (p.43 #1)

A "freeman" during 1215 England was classified as a white male of pure England decent whome owned land/poperty. The requirements to be free were extremely strict and there was an exclusive group of men who had the freedoms set by the Magna Carta (about 23% of the population is my guess)
No Citation.

For Research (p.13 #2)

Roman slavery was extremely less harsh than American slavery. The Roman slaves where treated with care and the owner did not feel supreme to the slaves. American slavery was filled with bias and racism, while in a sharp contrast, Roman slavery ensured that all the slaves had necessities and the slaves were treated as people, not property
Citation: richeast.org "Slavery in Ancient Rome" last updated, 3/21.00 website created by I.A.