One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Blog #2

At the end of Part One, I think that the Big Nurse is getting the best of the rivalry at this point because throughout the book she has planned out every step of these people's daily lives and controls basically every aspect of how they react. She has control to tire them by speeding up the day processes and the ability to drive them insane with the freezing of all daily controls for many hours at a time. This control that she has over everyone, no matter how manipulative McMurphy is at times, allows the Big Nurse to keep the lead in this fight.
My perception of Chief is that he is playing dumb in order to keep himself safe. It says this right in the text and that is what i see him as still. He oversees basically all that happens while keeping himself safe because everyone thinks that he is deaf and dumb.
At this point in the story i am rooting for chief to make a move and take everyone by surprise. I know he has a humongous stature and is not dumb as the others take him to be. Under this "costume" that he has worn throughout the book, I believe that Chief can take over the hospital and he will have a definate advantage if he does because he will have the element of surprise on his side.

First Cuckoo's Nest Blog

As of now, there is no way for me to accurately place individual characters into a category such as Hero of Anti-hero.
If I were to make an educated guess as to what the current characters might turn into, i would have to say:
McMurphy would be the Anti-Hero. He (at this point) is mainly against all of our (as a society) values and morals but he seems at the same time like he would be the hero because he plans on rescuing these people from this prison-like place that they are trapped in.
The Big Nurse would be more of the Villain figure. She is portrayed in this negative light that is keeping her real intentions shaded from our view because we are blinded with this cover of the authors portrayal of her.

Final Gatsby post

Interpretive:

When did Nick realize that Daisy was the one that hit Mrs. Wilson?

Nick came into this realization slowly. He was being told a story by Mr. Gatsby when he gathered all the pieces to make this assumption. Gatsby was the owner of the car but not the one who ran over Mrs. Wilson.

Which Character best follows the theme shown in the book that one should always chase one’s dreams?

Gatsby is the one that best represents the theme above. He had spent the last 5 years of his life chasing this dream of his and he had almost reached this goal he had set until Mr. Wilson shot him. Gatsby shows persistence and determination when he spends his time trying to relive the past. The past that he is trying to relive is the love that was felt between Daisy and Mr. Gatsby 5 years previous to the story.

Evaluative:

 What is the best analysis of the behavior of Mr. Wilson after the event of his wife being killed?

Mr. Wilson was acting quite insane after his wife was killed by a mystery person. I think that the fact that he did not know who the killer was could have affected the way he responded to the whole situation. Quite frankly, Mr. Wilson was going crazy after his wife’s death. The addition of Tom and the others who watched over him probably did not help him at all. Tom especially caused a lot of fuss and was (in my opinion) the reason for Gatsby’s death.

Why did Gatsby act so oddly after the accident?

The most obvious reason might be the fact that it was a traumatic event but I think the reason was deeper. I believe that Mr. Gatsby was a very intelligent person and I think that he was thinking ahead into the future and he knew that Mr. Wilson might find out that it was his car that hit Mrs. Wilson. Gatsby was a very smart old sport. This is why I think that he was acting inexplicably odd after the accident.