1.Was Cheswick's drowning, intentional or accidental?
Getting his hand stuck in the grate was unintentional, but he left his hand in there intentionally. He did this because he saw this as an opportunity to end his life.
2. Do you think there could've been an ulterior motive to Chief smothering McMurphy?
No, I think the sole motive was to put McMurphy out of his misery because Big Nurse had turned him into a vegetable.
3. Does being at the mental ward actually make McMurphy crazy?
Not until the electroshock, then he starts to lose his mind.
4. Who is more to blame, the Big Nurse or Billy, for his death?
The Big Nurse because she shouldn't have put suicidal pressure on Billy by threatening to tell his mother.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Final Gatsby Reading
1. What do the eyes of Dr. Eckleburg symbolize?
We get one answer from George Wilson towards the end of the book after Myrtle dies he looks out the window at the eyes and says, "I told her she might fool me but she couldn't fool God. I took her to the window... and I said 'God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!'" In this paragraph in Ch. 9 we get that the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg symbolize God.
2. Why couldn't Gatsby get over Daisy?
I believe if Gatsby would've tried hard enough and let time and fate run its' course he could've gotten over Daisy and settled down with a nice lady over seas. But he didn't want to move on. Daisy was his first true love and he wanted her and her only. But Daisy had moved on; and so Gatsby's recapturing of the past proved fatal towards him.
3. Why Jordan Baker and Nick didn't get married?
They never seemed completely comfortable around each other. They were a couple just thrown together for the purpose that Daisy and Tom could have another couple to hang out with. Jordan had her lavish and sports-minded life that she was living and Nick was still trying to find a life for himself. Even if they would've gotten married I don't think they would've lasted too long.
4.Why did Tom and Daisy stay together after everything had happened?
Because everything had happened. Both their lovers were dead; Myrtle for Tom and Gatsby for Daisy; and they still had money. So, that might as well just stay together and move to a different city to ruin other people's lives with their erroneous lifestyle.
We get one answer from George Wilson towards the end of the book after Myrtle dies he looks out the window at the eyes and says, "I told her she might fool me but she couldn't fool God. I took her to the window... and I said 'God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!'" In this paragraph in Ch. 9 we get that the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg symbolize God.
2. Why couldn't Gatsby get over Daisy?
I believe if Gatsby would've tried hard enough and let time and fate run its' course he could've gotten over Daisy and settled down with a nice lady over seas. But he didn't want to move on. Daisy was his first true love and he wanted her and her only. But Daisy had moved on; and so Gatsby's recapturing of the past proved fatal towards him.
3. Why Jordan Baker and Nick didn't get married?
They never seemed completely comfortable around each other. They were a couple just thrown together for the purpose that Daisy and Tom could have another couple to hang out with. Jordan had her lavish and sports-minded life that she was living and Nick was still trying to find a life for himself. Even if they would've gotten married I don't think they would've lasted too long.
4.Why did Tom and Daisy stay together after everything had happened?
Because everything had happened. Both their lovers were dead; Myrtle for Tom and Gatsby for Daisy; and they still had money. So, that might as well just stay together and move to a different city to ruin other people's lives with their erroneous lifestyle.
Gatsby 2nd Reading
1. The purpose of Meyer Wolfsheim is to show Gatsby's connection to the gambling, bootlegging, underground, world. And also to defame some of Gatsby's esteemed appearance and prestige.
2. That Gatsby is just a lonely man trying to find the one true love he used to have.
3. Gatsby has lived a very eventful and mysterious life; fighting in a war, studying at Oxford, learning his trade from a famous bootlegger, etc. Because of his many endeavors I think the audience can relate to him and sympathize towards him, because all he wants is love.
4. I like Gatsby. But the hotel scene makes me like him a little bit less because I didn't like the way he put Daisy on the spot like that in front of everyone to tell her husband that she never loved him was a little harsh and rash.
2. That Gatsby is just a lonely man trying to find the one true love he used to have.
3. Gatsby has lived a very eventful and mysterious life; fighting in a war, studying at Oxford, learning his trade from a famous bootlegger, etc. Because of his many endeavors I think the audience can relate to him and sympathize towards him, because all he wants is love.
4. I like Gatsby. But the hotel scene makes me like him a little bit less because I didn't like the way he put Daisy on the spot like that in front of everyone to tell her husband that she never loved him was a little harsh and rash.
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