OFOTCN- Part 1 Latest Questions And Answers Rated 100%!!!
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OFOCN
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OFOCN
Chief Bromden - ANS aka Chief Broom bc he mops the floors
Acts deaf and mute to blend in
Narrator and observer
Acts powerless but is powerful because of knowledge he gained through observation/listening to convos
Hallucinates
Knows how to fish/electrical engineer in the Army
Nurse ...
OFOTCN- Part 1 Latest Questions And
Answers Rated 100%!!!
Chief Bromden - ANS aka Chief Broom bc he mops the floors
Acts deaf and mute to blend in
Narrator and observer
Acts powerless but is powerful because of knowledge he gained through observation/listening to
convos
Hallucinates
Knows how to fish/electrical engineer in the Army
Nurse Ratched (Big Nurse) - ANS Wants order/complete power
Bitter that she's not perfect bc she has huge breasts
Manipulates patients
Smiles/talks sweetly but she's cold/bitter on inside
Successful at getting people to do what she wants; no guilt
'Face of the Combine'
Randle McMurphy - ANS Larger than life; likes to gamble, former Marine, worked on a
farm, talks loudly, very big
Fights for the men on the ward against Big Nurse
The Combine - ANS group of controlling people who not only try to manipulate the ward
(the Inside), but the outside world as well
What does Bromden do when he feels threatened? What does this say about him? - ANS
Closes his eyes/pushes back into the wall
"Deaf and dumb act"
Doesn't want others to take advantage of him
Identify the setting. Describe atmosphere - ANS Depressed, cold, unhappy.
Black orderlies bully Bromden. Big nurse is cold and scary
, Identify/explain 2 classifications of patients on ward. How is McMurphy classified? - ANS
Acutes- young; sick enough to be fixed; move around; tells jokes; spy on each other (Cheswick,
Harding)
Chronics- can't be fixed; just there to get them off the streets (Colonel Matterson, Ruckly)
McMurphy is an Acute
Latrine - ANS toilet
Colonel Matterson - ANS oldest chronic; terrified cavalry soldier from First War
always babbles nonsense written on his yellow hand
Chronics are divided into 2 classifications: - ANS Walkers
Vegetables
What does Chief Bromden classify himself as? - ANS Chronic (walker)
Lobotomy - ANS Frontal lobe of brain surgery to treat mental illness (used back then)
Which patient has been on the ward the longest? - ANS chief bromden; since the second
world war
Why don't Acutes mingle with Chronics? - ANS Claim it's bc Chronics smell bad, but
actually they're scared they'll end up that way too
Billy Bibbit - ANS shy man; fearful
Suicidal/low self-esteem
stutters
Dale Harding - ANS Natural leader of Acutes
Brags about his sexy wife; might have beaten his wife bc her breasts make him feel inferior
Follows McMurphy eventually; urges him to rebel
"Normal one"
Doctor Spivey - ANS Kind; wants to please Big Nurse at first
Doesn't like the group meetings
Knows McMurphy isn't insane
Likes McMurphy and begins to rebel against Big Nurse
The Orderlies - ANS Williams, Warren, Washington, Geever, Turkle
"Big Nurse's black evil minions"
What metaphors does Bromden use to describe the ward? What does this suggest? - ANS
Hospital is a machine; everything is under control and run perfectly. Big Nurse is described as a
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