Nurse Ratched

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McMurphy is proving to be quite a pain for Nurse Ratched, and he will only continue to get worse from here on out.  Based on last night's reading, write a journal or diary entry from Ratched's point of view regarding her dealings with McMurphy (include specific evidence from the novel that further illustrate her frustration with him). 

Take your reader into Ratched's  innermost thoughts concerning this new patient, and explain how she plans to get him to comply with her rules.  Make sure that you adopt her manner of speaking, too! 

Asylum Dynamics

Nurse Ratched - scary.
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Why do you think that McMurphy and Nurse Ratched have such a problem with one another almost instantaneously?  Do you think that they have more in common than they realize?  Explain.

In addition, why do you think Harding so vehemently sticks up for Ratched?  Why does he do this?

McMurphy

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In Cuckoo's Nest, McMurphy is thrown into a world in which he is not familiar, and his personality sticks out amongst the Chronics and the Acutes that reside in the asylum - brainwashed, drugged up, and severely mentally ill. 

Since the novel is from Chief's perspective and we know little about what others may be thinking, write this journal from McMurphy's perspective. What does he think of this place where he doesn't seem to belong?  Try to adopt his manner of speaking in your writing!