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Independent Reading Project One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey []

Interactive Reading Log
Chapter 1-3/Pages 1-28 || The narrator and Ms. Ratched get introduced. McMurphey comes to the hospital and meets everyone there. You can tell he wants trouble. || I really don't understand why the narrator is there in the asylum. I wonder why the narrator is there in the first place. I love the way McMurphy makes his entrance he's so loud and outspoken! I think it was funny how everyone kept getting McMurphy's name wrong. I can't believe McMurphy when he says he is crazy. ||
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 * 10/16/10 Chapter 4/Pages 29-41 || The narrator goes into detail about how the mental hospital works. They administer the daily drugs and Mr. Taber wants to know what the drug is. || I like the writing of this chapter because it goes into detail about how organized the hospital is. I begin to think of me being in the hospital just looking around and seeing walls of white and the floors are sparkling and I smell rubbing alchohol in the air. I predict that McMurphy is going to try and get back at Ms. Ratched. I love the way the writer describes in detail the hospital, it is like I am there. ||
 * 10/30/10 Chapter 5/Pages 42-69 || They have a group meeting and Ms. Ratched dicusses Mr. Harding's problem with his wife. McMurphy makes a gamble that he can get under Ms. Ratched's skin and her not do anything about it. || I think Ms. Ratched's and McMurphy's relationship is funny because they are the polar opposites and are always arguing. It seems like Ms. Ratched doesn't really mind McMurphy because she deals with that kind of stuff on a regular basis but I think that McMurphy will start pushing her buttons and pay the price. I love the way McMurphy tried to convince to everyone of Ms. Ratched's evil ways. I love how the writer made McMurphy make bets with everyone and make the ward more interesting! ||
 * 11/1/10 Chapter 6/Pages 70-77 || Mr. McMurphy starts to push Ms. Ratched's buttons. Christmas comes and it is cold and windy. Mrs. Ratched has control of the clocks so she has control of the day. || I do not like how Ms. Ratched controls the time. If I were in her place I would leave the time alone because i'm sure the patients are already confused enough. I like how they do not play the world news because then it gives them some extra relief and they don't have to worry about what is going on in the world. I love the way the narrator describes the setting where McMurphy is playing blackjack because it is so detailed and it is almost like I am there. ||