One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Part 2

For this post I would like to talk about McMurphy's actions between the whole second part of the book. As a person reads about McMurphy's action they can see that he seemed to be the only hope for the other prisoner's of this correcting facility. At first he starts up every argument to make things more fair for the others who were forced by the state, or by their own humiliation into this prison. But as time goes own, and McMurphy learns more about the control the Big Nurse has over everyone he backs down bringing down everyone else with him. Any one that read the story knows this happens but I'm asking about McMurphy's reasons.

I really wonder what was going through his mind, and why did he step down only to step up again later. Did he realize that he would be there a long time, and decided he needed to make things better for everyone since no one else would do it? Did he just wanted to help every gain back a little respect? Or did he just want to fight the Big Nurse, all the nurses, the doctor, and the whole system? What were the motives behind McMurphy, and the motive that made the writer chose this part in his story. Although, I may never figure it out I will always wonder.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Part 1

As we have been reading this first section of the book there is a lot of question one can have lingering in their minds about the ward, and about the main character. Although, off the start you quickly learn how the chief is treated by the staff, and the positions of the different groups that the broken humans fit into you don't find out why he is there. You learn that the chief pretends to be deaf, and dumb but you wonder what the true reason he is there for. His flashbacks don't help the audience much because they often are very short, and confusing to see how his short visions deal with the storyline. Another thing I would wish to learn more about is how the place works. Some mysterious things tend to happen for no reason that is hard to understand why would the ward do these random things. One thing, for example, is the fog like clouds that fill the room near the beginning. Whats even more confusing it trying to figure out whether things are real, and just what the chief sees. He seems fine mentally, but it is through his perspective and what he sees may not turn out be what is the actually reality. So there are some question that are left on my mind after reading the first part.

My Second Rather Late Post for Hamlet

In the play Hamlet Shakespeare includes a play inside this play, which Hamlet uses to his advantage to find out whether or not his uncle killed Old Hamlet. I feel that this was a fantastic idea from Hamlet to include this into the play because it is something that he knew really well. Not only is a good plot device, but it also give Shakespeare a chance to poke fun at his own line of work. There is one scene in Hamlet that shows this very well. He describes to the actors how to deliver the extra scene which he wrote for the play. He warns them not to wave there arms around in the air too much, or deliver the line by over.under acting. He was trying to make it as realistic as possible so he could see his uncle's reaction to the play. I feel that this was interesting because it is very likely that Shakespeare told the actor's of his plays the same thing when they rehearsed his plays. Though this we could see alittle into the life of Shakepseare. So thats why I think that this is an important plot device in the story.

Hamlet Act 1

After reading the entire play of Hamlet I have to go back to this post and write my thoughts about sight in the play. A question that has many people baffled in Hamlet is why, or why not certain people in the play can see the ghost of old king Hamlet. Today I write a possible explination. I believe that the only people that can see the ghost are people that remained loyal to the old king, and/or mourned and prayed for him. I believe this cause Hamlet, and Horatio can easily see the ghost of old King Hamlet. Since Hamlet had been constantly been mourning his father's death it seems likely that it could be the reason. Hamlet had also remaine loyal to his father as he angered by his Uncles rapid rise to power, as well as his mother's nearly instant betrail of he late husband when she remarried. This could also be the reason why Hamlet's mother couldn't see the ghost when they were both in her closet having their conversation. The only other people that had seen the ghost were gaurds that patrolled the castle at night. Since they served the king the must have atleast shown loyalty to the old King Hamlet. So I believe that is the reason why some of the characters can see the ghost of Hamlet, where others cannot.