Lit. Analysis #3

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

1. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest it begins with a new patient entering the facility and his name is McMurphy. He is not afraid like the other patients and is the only naughty one who begins to rebel. As the story progresses he makes some friends and continues to defy Nurse Ratched. As the story comes to an end McMurphy goes to far and tries to choke Nurse Ratched. She then sends McMurphy to have a sugary and when he returns he is not the same so Chief Bromden suffocates him and then escapes.

2. The theme of the book is to challenge authority because not everything is done right and things can be different.

3. The author's tone in the book is serious. This is because McMurphy is dealing with a very strict Nurse who has no room for and fun or jokes.

4.

• Symbolism- McMurphy is a symbolism of hope because he shows that the other patients that Nurse Ratchet can get upset and break.
• Indirect Characterization- When McMurphy enters the facility and begins to laugh. It is the first laugh that has been done in a long time. This shows that the place is not fun and very plain with nothing funny going on.
• Narrator- The narrator is Chief Bromden and this is important because he was a patient with McMurphy.
• Conflict- McMurphy faces conflicts with Nurse Ratchet. She does not allow him to do anything and is not letting him off easy.
• Antagonist- Nurse Ratchet is the antagonist in the book because she is the "mean" one. All of the patients are scared of her because of her power and authority. 
• Juxtaposition- McMurmphy and Nurse Ratchet are an example of this because they both cause tension between each other throughout the book.

Characterization
1.  Indirect Characterization- An example is when McMurphy says that he will try and make Nurse Ratchet loose her temper. This shows that he is willing to break the rules and defy them. 
Direct Characterization- An example is when McMurphy breaks the glass because he can't get his cigarettes. It shows that he is stronger than the other patients.

2. No, the authors syntax and diction do not change because the author wants to keep the seriousness of the situation the same between the two main characters.

3. The protagonist is a round character because he knows how to control his emotions to get Nurse Ratchet mad. McMurphy is a Static character because he only has one goal in the book and he sticks with it all the way through the end.

Pac-man on Google Maps

Did you know you can play Pac-Man on Google Maps?! You just go to Google Maps, it'll bring up your area and on the bottom left hand corner you click on the "Pac-Man" icon and you get to play Pac-Man on a layout of the nieghborhood you're in. It's pretty awesome! 

Poetry Matters- Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold

Choosing Schools

Recently, i was constantly struggling with which college i was going to attend. My top two options resulted in Fresno State and San Diego State. I've always wanted to attend Fresno State, all the way from the age of eight when I first fell in love with the campus and the school.  Although, visiting San Diego State left me in awe. I absolutely loved the campus and the surrounding area! My parents really wanted me to attend Fresno State because it's much closer to home and because it's been my dream school. After contemplating for about a month, stressing about where I'm going to be for the next four years, and pulling aside both the pros and cons of each school, I have decided to attend Fresno State. Weighing out the measures has allowed me to see that Fresno State will be the best fit for me. It fits me financially, economically and environmentally. Telling people that I chose Fresno State over San Diego State, I usually get that "really?" reaction, but I've slowly overcame people's opinions and have identified that as long as I'm happy and it's what I want to do, then it's all perfectly fine!

TOBERMORY EXPLAINED

Theme: After reading this story more than once, it became clear to me that the theme is that the words you say can be passed along a group of people in just a matter of time. Throughout the whole story it seems as if all everyone is doing is gossiping about each other. And in only a short period of time, a rumor you started about a person ends up in their lap. Tobermory is the symbol of the whole concept of how gossiping is so common. 

Tone: To me, the tone is sanguineous/optimistic at first. It talks about a rain-washed afternoon and a chill August day. It's almost like someone is being granted a new beginning and is being rejuvinated. It's blunt and straight to the point, wasting no time to give you details and immediate points of the story. I feel like later in the story it transforms into a negative tone that senses bad things. 

Characterization: 

-Lady Blemley- host, has parties, doesn't see Cornelius Appin's cleverness

-Mr. Cornelius Appin- negative personality, vague repuation, he's looked at as clever by other people. He doesn't look smart, but doesn't look dumb either. He's known as "Mr. Appin". He is said to have invented gunpowder, the printing-press, and the steam locomotion. 

Brave New World Essay

   Conforming into society is easy for one who is ineligible and banned from thinking outwardly. This is what happens in the novel Brave New World, where a character, Bernard Marx, struggles both internally and externally. Bernard contstantly struggles throughout the book, physically and mentally. The tension of his outward conformity and his inward questioning creates a sense of foreshadowing in the author's tone. Bernard is already at loss, with his physically ability not matching up to his peers. He is smaller and weaker than everyone else in his society, and he struggles with fitting in. He also holds very different beliefs than everyone in this "New World". Because of his body type and his separate thoughts, Bernard is not only insecure of his physical presentation, but of his mental beliefs as well. 

   Throughout the story, Bernard conforms to society and the world he lives in. He goes to work like everyone else and does what he's supposed to do. He does this besides the fact that he doesn't agree with it and the way the world is being ran. He obviously disagrees with society, but continues to conform to society anyways. For example, he takes the drug soma and involves himself in orgy-porgy. He tries to shy away from society, but is instead conformed to it outwardly because of his struggles inwardly. This constant tension causes a foreshadow in the author's voice. 

   The world that Bernard is in exalts people from being alone and thinking for themselves. Whenever Bernard is alone, he tends to question the society he's in. He sees everything that is wrong with the world, but he never has the guts to go against the word of society and its beliefs. Since Bernard questions so much, and they are forbidden to think for themselves in this society, Bernard is looked at differently, causing him to struggle with himself outwardly and inwardly. 

   The constant tension of Bernard's outward conformity and inward questioning creates foreshadowing in the tone of the author. When Bernard is introduced, you have that feeling, as a reader, that something is going to go wrong. Not to mention Bernard's last name, Marx. His lastname takes after the capitalist, Karl Marx. Also, Bernard can be a cruel character when he's threatened. From the beginning, Bernard's struggles were a foreshadow of what was coming next in the novel. 

Brave New World- Prewrite

-Bernard Marx is the troubled character

-he is struggling

-he doesn't fit in physically

-he has completely different beliefs than everyone else in the society 

-he's insecure of his body type and it makes him insecure about the world around him

-he's constantly trying to fit into society

-he questions the way the world is being ran

-he works in hatchery and genetically engineering children -- this conforms him

-obviously he disagrees with society, but continues to do what he's supposed to anyways

-for example, he takes the drug "soma" and involves himself in "orgy-porgy". This is what conforms him

-he tries to shy away from society, but is conformed because he is struggling within himself

-the world that Bernard is in exalts people from being alone and thinking for themselves. 

-sometimes Bernard is alone and questions the society he's in. 

-he sees all these things that are wrong, but he never has the guts to go against the world and its beliefs. 

-since bernard questions so much, and not a lot of people in his society dare to even think, bernard is looked at differently. 

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