The conflict between Big Nurse and McMurphy is in full swing at the end of "Part One." Who is getting the best of their rivalry at this point? Why do you say that (specific evidence)?
What is your perception of the Chief at this point in the story? Why? And how has the presence of McMurphy changed the Chief's character or his narration (be specific)?
Who are you rooting for at this point in the story and why?
Friday, March 23, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
First Cuckoo's Nest Blog
In sticking with the overall theme of the unit, we are going to revisit the same ideas that we looked at in Gatsby: hero, anti-hero, and villain. Identify which of the characters you think fit into these roles. If you want to be more specific like - traditional hero, tragic hero, etc. - go right ahead. All of you choices should have justifications and quotational (I just made that word up) proof from the text.
Doing a good job on these will help tremendously when it comes to writing your paper.
And if you start to get down reading about all of this madness, here are some upbeat songs (about craziness) to pick you up.
"Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w&ob=av2e
"Mad World" by Tears for Fears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gFl2OXySs8
"Psycho Killer" by the Talking Heads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5zFsy9VIdM
Doing a good job on these will help tremendously when it comes to writing your paper.
And if you start to get down reading about all of this madness, here are some upbeat songs (about craziness) to pick you up.
"Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w&ob=av2e
"Mad World" by Tears for Fears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gFl2OXySs8
"Psycho Killer" by the Talking Heads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5zFsy9VIdM
Friday, March 2, 2012
Final Gatsby Reading Journal
Prepping for Socratic Seminar
Create four open-ended questions - two interpretive in nature and two evaluative in nature - that have to do with the novel The Great Gatsby. These should address a wide array of ideas and themes from the book. You also need to come up with a one paragraph answer for each of your questions. These questions can be something that you don't know the answer to, but are willing to speculate about, or they can be questions to which you think you know the answer and feel very strongly about. Either way, these questions should be thought-provoking and their answers should show evidence not only that you've reasd the text, but that you understood it on more than a literal level.
Create four open-ended questions - two interpretive in nature and two evaluative in nature - that have to do with the novel The Great Gatsby. These should address a wide array of ideas and themes from the book. You also need to come up with a one paragraph answer for each of your questions. These questions can be something that you don't know the answer to, but are willing to speculate about, or they can be questions to which you think you know the answer and feel very strongly about. Either way, these questions should be thought-provoking and their answers should show evidence not only that you've reasd the text, but that you understood it on more than a literal level.
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