BIG NEWS: Project due date: Thurs. 6
Vocab Test: Fri. 7
AMSND Test: Mon.10
FINAL EXAM: Tues. 18: 12:50 - block 2
Wed. 19: 12:50 - block 3
Friday, May 31, 2019
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Eng. 9 - May 28
Complete III ii and IV i questions for Wed. May 29
Movie: May 30 (first half) - explore kids can try to watch any version online - we're watching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYknOe7OluE
Movie: May 30 (first half) - explore kids can try to watch any version online - we're watching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYknOe7OluE
Eng. 11 - May 29
Complete IV/V questions for Wednesday, May 29 (Last Discussion Day!)
SCENES: Fri. May 31
Movie: Thurs. May 30/Mon. 3
FISHBOWL: Tues. 4
ESSAY: Wed. 5
TEST: Thurs. 6
SCENES: Fri. May 31
Movie: Thurs. May 30/Mon. 3
FISHBOWL: Tues. 4
ESSAY: Wed. 5
TEST: Thurs. 6
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Eng. 11 - May 22
Complete all of III for Thurs. 23
Group Day: Fri. 24
SCENES: Thurs. 30
Movie: Fri. 31/Mon. 3
FISHBOWL: Tues. 4
ESSAY: Wed. 5
TEST: Thurs. 6
Group Day: Fri. 24
SCENES: Thurs. 30
Movie: Fri. 31/Mon. 3
FISHBOWL: Tues. 4
ESSAY: Wed. 5
TEST: Thurs. 6
Friday, May 17, 2019
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Eng. 9 - May 16
Puck, Oberon, Helena, Demetrius, Titania and Fairy: II i
Costuming Credits: Charlie
Complete questions for I i, ii, II i for Fri. 17
Vocab: 40 words
Booktalks: Gemma, Hailey, Raegan, Shijie
Block 3: Brandon, Spencer, Kelly
The Builders!
Monday, May 13, 2019
Friday, May 10, 2019
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Grade Elevens who miss the test or essay:
You must have an excused absence.
Rewrite time: Tuesday, May 7 after school.
Rewrite time: Tuesday, May 7 after school.
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Power, Societal Expectations, Equity/Gender Roles
Bring a sheet with quotes - include page numbers
Purpose of an essay: "Looking at the text as a work of art, demonstrating clear critical judgment and explaining to the reader of your essay how the enjoyment of the text is assisted by literary devices, linguistic effects and psychological insights; showing how the text relates to the time when it was written and how it relates to our world today."
Make sure you are discussing what One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest shows us about human nature and the topic of the essay.
Society's Expectations
l Pressure isn't just in the ward - it's in society (165/192)
l "maybe it's more than the nurse"
l "the great voice of many chanting shame"
l Harding is an excellent example of societal pressure - he's in the institution because he's gay
l He has anxiety from society's pressure
l He got married because of society's expectations (also affects Harding's wife)
l Harding wanted to conform to society's expectations
l Harding would be entirely different if he lived in today's society (would he develop anxiety? Being gay is much more accepted - we have gay marriage)
l Nurse Ratched - would she be as controlling today? This is set in 1950's - she had to push her dominance because of the situation - she has to prove her power
l Gender roles is a part of societal expectations - the female characters are dominant - the men seem weaker and reserved (Mack wants to dominate)
l Sex workers are "good" in this novel = no power
l Novel told from a man's point of view - women are seen negatively (Chief's mother and BN are similar)
l Is the BN bad? EST was seen as a medical procedure - much of what she does could be argued to be therapeutic
l BN does belittle the patients and threatens them
l Good intentions?
l (symbols?)
l BN = product of her time
l Expectations of women at that time = gentle and submissive (like the "Little Nurse") - she appears cold, cruel and calculating
l Harding believes he's sick (until the end) because of society
l Social anxiety is stigmatized in that society - today it's normalized and accepted - we have many different ways to help anxiety now
l "society decides who's san and insane"
l Society had much less understanding of mental illness in the 1950's - this ignorance led to institutions (think of how we used to treat people with mental disabilities - people with Autism used to be institutionalized)
l Should individualism be more valued than conformity? (an age-old question) - BN represents society/Mack represents freedom or counter-culture - Mack may have too much individuality
l Community is also important
l Mack is dead at the end and the Nurse lives on (what does this say?)
l (Billy Bibbit) - how would he be treated today
l Was every person influenced by society?
Power
l Will BN continue to be dominating into the future? - she may be a little more demure after the assault and Billy Bibbit's death (also what does it say about society that she's left with her job after two people died and someone escapes?)
l BN may notice that she is the constant in this equation
l Does BN enjoy her power?
l BN was an army nurse before
l Who had more power? The Nurse of Mack?
l (what is the nature of power? How do people gain and maintain power? We could write a handbook about how to gain power from this novel)
l BN abuses her power by using the lobotomy as punishment
l Mack is not as powerful as BN - he is more dominant
l Mack has a huge impact - people left of their own accord
l BN giving Mack a lobotomy is her admitting defeat
l (remember to expand vision beyond this novel - this novel informs us about our world)
l Mack is able to challenge the nurse
l What makes someone powerful? Mack becomes powerful when he does what the nurse says (example)
l Standing tall - (penguin in a storm) = power
l Chief says (174) "He was giving in. That's the smart thing to do." (This is just Mack's temporary response to finding out he's committed before Cheswick commits suicide)
l BN gains power by taking things away
l (how do people gain power in this novel? Harding, Chief, even Billy)
l (when Mack first enters the novel, he gives a surge of power to Chief)
l Mack teaches others they have autonomy, agency
l Mack's charm is wrapped up in negative - cigarettes, betting, sex workers, alcohol [but fishing is positive - also some of these symbolize autonomy]
l (personal autonomy does sometimes include hedonistic activities)
l (male nurse = power would be very different - would be even more physical)
l Mack's laugh = symbol (a change is coming!)
Equity - Gender Roles/Race
- "How does one go about showing a woman who's boss, I mean other than laughing at her" (66)
- Mack could not handle being controlled by a woman
- Nurse compensates for being minority
- BN exerts her power in this job (how else would a woman get power in this time?)
- Dr. Spivey - authority figure - he is supportive of patients (but doesn't go against the nurse)
- 1950's - women were expected to be housewives - BN is in a position of authority
- Gender expectations - society expects men and women to act a certain way - Harding's wife talks about men who flip their wrists and have long hair
- Harding signed out of mental ward - what might happen in the future? Would they conform to society's norms?
- Harding may come out - wife would no longer be his "beard"
- How does Mack show his masculinity? - fishing, sex workers, alcohol, betting, smoking, challenging the nurse, coming out in his underwear/towel
- Fishing trip - women are seen as objects "whores"
- (interesting that the sex workers make the men feel more manly)
- Society's norms: women are more submissive; BN being more dominant = emasculating
- "women whup them down and they can't laugh anymore" - point by Mack - idea that women in power make men weak
- BN's old uniform - does not show her shape - new uniform does - what is the significance?
- Kesey's purpose of novel:
- Is Kesey sexist? Or are the characters? Or does Kesey represent the time?
- (Chief is traumatized by his mother's treatment of his father)
- In the novel - black men and a white women are in charge and the white males are oppressed (interesting point!)
- White government takes Indigenous land - Chief's father doesn't fight it - this is why Chief doesn't want Mack to fight - he saw his dad lose against the power structure
- This novel empowered a movement with Indigenous people of America
- Power is addictive
- Title - Chief says the rhyme
Purpose of an essay: "Looking at the text as a work of art, demonstrating clear critical judgment and explaining to the reader of your essay how the enjoyment of the text is assisted by literary devices, linguistic effects and psychological insights; showing how the text relates to the time when it was written and how it relates to our world today."
Make sure you are discussing what One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest shows us about human nature and the topic of the essay.
Society's Expectations
l Pressure isn't just in the ward - it's in society (165/192)
l "maybe it's more than the nurse"
l "the great voice of many chanting shame"
l Harding is an excellent example of societal pressure - he's in the institution because he's gay
l He has anxiety from society's pressure
l He got married because of society's expectations (also affects Harding's wife)
l Harding wanted to conform to society's expectations
l Harding would be entirely different if he lived in today's society (would he develop anxiety? Being gay is much more accepted - we have gay marriage)
l Nurse Ratched - would she be as controlling today? This is set in 1950's - she had to push her dominance because of the situation - she has to prove her power
l Gender roles is a part of societal expectations - the female characters are dominant - the men seem weaker and reserved (Mack wants to dominate)
l Sex workers are "good" in this novel = no power
l Novel told from a man's point of view - women are seen negatively (Chief's mother and BN are similar)
l Is the BN bad? EST was seen as a medical procedure - much of what she does could be argued to be therapeutic
l BN does belittle the patients and threatens them
l Good intentions?
l (symbols?)
l BN = product of her time
l Expectations of women at that time = gentle and submissive (like the "Little Nurse") - she appears cold, cruel and calculating
l Harding believes he's sick (until the end) because of society
l Social anxiety is stigmatized in that society - today it's normalized and accepted - we have many different ways to help anxiety now
l "society decides who's san and insane"
l Society had much less understanding of mental illness in the 1950's - this ignorance led to institutions (think of how we used to treat people with mental disabilities - people with Autism used to be institutionalized)
l Should individualism be more valued than conformity? (an age-old question) - BN represents society/Mack represents freedom or counter-culture - Mack may have too much individuality
l Community is also important
l Mack is dead at the end and the Nurse lives on (what does this say?)
l (Billy Bibbit) - how would he be treated today
l Was every person influenced by society?
Power
l Will BN continue to be dominating into the future? - she may be a little more demure after the assault and Billy Bibbit's death (also what does it say about society that she's left with her job after two people died and someone escapes?)
l BN may notice that she is the constant in this equation
l Does BN enjoy her power?
l BN was an army nurse before
l Who had more power? The Nurse of Mack?
l (what is the nature of power? How do people gain and maintain power? We could write a handbook about how to gain power from this novel)
l BN abuses her power by using the lobotomy as punishment
l Mack is not as powerful as BN - he is more dominant
l Mack has a huge impact - people left of their own accord
l BN giving Mack a lobotomy is her admitting defeat
l (remember to expand vision beyond this novel - this novel informs us about our world)
l Mack is able to challenge the nurse
l What makes someone powerful? Mack becomes powerful when he does what the nurse says (example)
l Standing tall - (penguin in a storm) = power
l Chief says (174) "He was giving in. That's the smart thing to do." (This is just Mack's temporary response to finding out he's committed before Cheswick commits suicide)
l BN gains power by taking things away
l (how do people gain power in this novel? Harding, Chief, even Billy)
l (when Mack first enters the novel, he gives a surge of power to Chief)
l Mack teaches others they have autonomy, agency
l Mack's charm is wrapped up in negative - cigarettes, betting, sex workers, alcohol [but fishing is positive - also some of these symbolize autonomy]
l (personal autonomy does sometimes include hedonistic activities)
l (male nurse = power would be very different - would be even more physical)
l Mack's laugh = symbol (a change is coming!)
Equity - Gender Roles/Race
- "How does one go about showing a woman who's boss, I mean other than laughing at her" (66)
- Mack could not handle being controlled by a woman
- Nurse compensates for being minority
- BN exerts her power in this job (how else would a woman get power in this time?)
- Dr. Spivey - authority figure - he is supportive of patients (but doesn't go against the nurse)
- 1950's - women were expected to be housewives - BN is in a position of authority
- Gender expectations - society expects men and women to act a certain way - Harding's wife talks about men who flip their wrists and have long hair
- Harding signed out of mental ward - what might happen in the future? Would they conform to society's norms?
- Harding may come out - wife would no longer be his "beard"
- How does Mack show his masculinity? - fishing, sex workers, alcohol, betting, smoking, challenging the nurse, coming out in his underwear/towel
- Fishing trip - women are seen as objects "whores"
- (interesting that the sex workers make the men feel more manly)
- Society's norms: women are more submissive; BN being more dominant = emasculating
- "women whup them down and they can't laugh anymore" - point by Mack - idea that women in power make men weak
- BN's old uniform - does not show her shape - new uniform does - what is the significance?
- Kesey's purpose of novel:
- Is Kesey sexist? Or are the characters? Or does Kesey represent the time?
- (Chief is traumatized by his mother's treatment of his father)
- In the novel - black men and a white women are in charge and the white males are oppressed (interesting point!)
- White government takes Indigenous land - Chief's father doesn't fight it - this is why Chief doesn't want Mack to fight - he saw his dad lose against the power structure
- This novel empowered a movement with Indigenous people of America
- Power is addictive
- Title - Chief says the rhyme
Eng. 9 - May 1
Come up with two major questions for the entire novel for Th. 2
25-30: Th. 2
Diary Test block 2: Tues. 7
block 3: Wed. 8
25-30: Th. 2
Diary Test block 2: Tues. 7
block 3: Wed. 8
Power, Fear, Societal Expectations (block 1 - Eng 11)
Don't forget to check your Writing Improvements and Class Notes about writing
Bring a sheet with quotes - include page numbers
Purpose of an essay: "Looking at the text as a work of art, demonstrating clear critical judgment and explaining to the reader of your essay how the enjoyment of the text is assisted by literary devices, linguistic effects and psychological insights; showing how the text relates to the time when it was written and how it relates to our world today."
Make sure you are discussing what One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest shows us about human nature and the topic of the essay.
Power
l Types of power: manipulation of the Big Nurse - eg. Bringing up Billy's mom at the end
l Symbols: control panel - represents institutions - Chief escapes
l Gender: Mack ripping uniform off
l -setting - women didn't really have power in the time of the novel - even now women don't have power - Big Nurse has to use so many tools in order to maintain power
l Mack being a man - uses his masculinity
l Mack taking more power over ward - could be his charisma (along with manhood)
l Nurse does abuse her power
l Who won? - in the end, BN practically kills Mack - she rolls him into the ward to show him after the lobotomy to tell patients not to mess with him
l Schedule - all Acutes voted for the baseball game - Chronics need the schedule
l BN - OCD demands schedules
l Mack enters novel wanting to have control on the ward
l Mack's confidence - fishing trip - (what other masculine attributes)
l Eg. "One of his friends made her shut up real good" - this is a threat - scare tactic
l Nurse uses her words as power
l Mack - punches the glass - uses his physical self (but he also cajoles the doctor by being buddy-buddy)
l Nurse has the hospital administrator on side
l (what is revealed about the Nature of Power - how do people attain and maintain power?)
l (like a political campaign)
l Nurse keeps her cool almost all of the time
l Chief has no power through most of the novel - he's in the fog - does everything (except when he's supposed to be shaved)
l Why is the control panel so powerful?
l Chief throwing the control panel - showing something about society and institutions in general (freedom)
l The Combine - how much power - (society is The Combine) - made Chief's dad lose his power
l Fog is powerful for Chief
l The Combine is the most powerful ("I think it's more than just the Nurse")
Fear
l Every person in the novel has a fear
l Fear of the Big Nurse greater, or fear of The Combine (The Big Nurse represents The Combine)
l Is the Nurse instilling fear, fair in her eyes?
l Is the Nurse enforcing the rules or making them up arbitrarily?
l Threats, shock therapy, lobotomy
l (manipulates their problems with mental health)
l Is BN a threat?
l Shock therapy for going off track is severe
l Fear of society (Harding, Billy)
l Patients who are there voluntarily - The Combine decides who's sane and who isn't
l The Combine fears the patients (they are different)
l (is this true in our society?)
l (how does fear work in our society?)
l (how does Mack combat their fear?)
l Fear creates a lack of volition
l Patients are afraid to stand up for themselves (that's why Chief raising his hand is so important)
l Mack shows them they don't have to be rabbits (remember Harding's quote - "we're men now"
l Mack comes in and sings and laughs - different power dynamic makes patients less fearful
l What are Mack's fears?
l Does Mack assault the Nurse out of fear or revenge?
l Does Mack feel responsible for Billy's death? Is this why he assaults the Nurse
l Nurse uses the patients' fear - gives her more power
l Mack isn't really punished for the breaking of the glass (how many times?)
l "just like they're working on you" - Chief talks about The Combine - he doesn't want Mack to fight the system - he saw his dad lose against the government (his defining moment - beginning of psychosis)
l What are Mack's fears - he originally thinks he has a 3 month sentence - then he fears not being let out of the hospital
l Mood swings - boisterous - then quiet
l "He opens up his nostrils and sucks up fear from the ward" - referring to the attendant when Chief is in the closet
l Chief thinks the institution senses their fear with mechanical equipment
l (how much of the patients' lives is run by fear? Chief starts off too fearful for anything - speaking - putting up his hand - any self power)
l Nurse has fears of not listening "You're under the jurisdiction of me"
l "That's one fear hiding behind another" - Chief likes the power of Mack - helps him get rid of his fear
l (what is Harding afraid of?)
l (could you focus on your one character?)
l (how are you going to organize your essay)
l Mack isn't afraid of the Nurse - this gives the patients confidence
l Cheswick kills himself after he gains confidence
l "it feels safe" referring to the fog - he's in his own head - he thinks it's physical
Societal Expectations
l All three topics over lap - societal expectations cause fear - power comes as a result of the fear or lack of fear
l Expectations of the nurse (same as The Combine - which is our society)
l The Combine is like the mill - what the general populace thinks normal is
l The truth of life is that no one is normal
l Harding is only there because of what society thinks
l People like to fit in
l Chief is afraid of The Combine "society is in charge of who's sane and who isn't" "it's our job to measure up"
l Nurse is able to portray normality
l "wolves and rabbits" (is Mack a rabbit or a wolf) - Nurse is a wolf - power figure
l Cheswick thinks he's a wolf
l Bad to be a rabbit - society says
l (at the end of the novel Harding says "they're men now" - near the end of the novel
l Wolves want people to be rabbits so they can tell them what to do
l Patients consider themselves lesser rabbits
l Patients feel changed by the end of the novel
l Mack giving patients confidence - he says "you're no crazier than the average… walking around on the streets"
l Voluntary patients checked out at the end
l What's the main goal of keeping patients in the hospital? (cure or keep them away from society - this is similar to jail question)
l Characters change and progress throughout the novel
l Patients don't learn regular ways to interact - institution does not seem to help patients re-enter society - they seems quarantined
l Mack - doesn't follow conventions of society - family? Sleeping with underage girls
l What does Mack do to change the culture of the institution?
l Stand out too much - get cut down (Mack gets a lobotomy)
l How much have things changed since this novel was published
l BN - frightens people to keep the ward under control (opinion)
l Cutting out pieces of their brain - genuine medical practice or retribution
l Expectation of the Nurse - she can cure the patients (1950's or earlier psychological knowledge = very limited)
l Intent to cure - or maintain at a certain level
l Chronics need to be there - acutes are there because of society's expectations
l (look at Billy and Harding - what would we do now?)
l (is Chief actually cured? Can you cure schizophrenia with friendship?)
l Expectations of men versus women - Mack fits the role of masculinity (angry, buff, counter-culture)
l Men in the ward are mostly very unmanly (Billy - 32 year old virgin who worries about what his mom thinks)
l Harding most "normal" - only real reason he's in the hospital is because he's gay and doesn't conform to society
l Nurse - does not conform to society's norm
l No women's ward in the novel - are women in institutions?
l Disrespect towards women - normal in society - Candy - they are seen as objects
Bring a sheet with quotes - include page numbers
Purpose of an essay: "Looking at the text as a work of art, demonstrating clear critical judgment and explaining to the reader of your essay how the enjoyment of the text is assisted by literary devices, linguistic effects and psychological insights; showing how the text relates to the time when it was written and how it relates to our world today."
Make sure you are discussing what One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest shows us about human nature and the topic of the essay.
Power
l Types of power: manipulation of the Big Nurse - eg. Bringing up Billy's mom at the end
l Symbols: control panel - represents institutions - Chief escapes
l Gender: Mack ripping uniform off
l -setting - women didn't really have power in the time of the novel - even now women don't have power - Big Nurse has to use so many tools in order to maintain power
l Mack being a man - uses his masculinity
l Mack taking more power over ward - could be his charisma (along with manhood)
l Nurse does abuse her power
l Who won? - in the end, BN practically kills Mack - she rolls him into the ward to show him after the lobotomy to tell patients not to mess with him
l Schedule - all Acutes voted for the baseball game - Chronics need the schedule
l BN - OCD demands schedules
l Mack enters novel wanting to have control on the ward
l Mack's confidence - fishing trip - (what other masculine attributes)
l Eg. "One of his friends made her shut up real good" - this is a threat - scare tactic
l Nurse uses her words as power
l Mack - punches the glass - uses his physical self (but he also cajoles the doctor by being buddy-buddy)
l Nurse has the hospital administrator on side
l (what is revealed about the Nature of Power - how do people attain and maintain power?)
l (like a political campaign)
l Nurse keeps her cool almost all of the time
l Chief has no power through most of the novel - he's in the fog - does everything (except when he's supposed to be shaved)
l Why is the control panel so powerful?
l Chief throwing the control panel - showing something about society and institutions in general (freedom)
l The Combine - how much power - (society is The Combine) - made Chief's dad lose his power
l Fog is powerful for Chief
l The Combine is the most powerful ("I think it's more than just the Nurse")
Fear
l Every person in the novel has a fear
l Fear of the Big Nurse greater, or fear of The Combine (The Big Nurse represents The Combine)
l Is the Nurse instilling fear, fair in her eyes?
l Is the Nurse enforcing the rules or making them up arbitrarily?
l Threats, shock therapy, lobotomy
l (manipulates their problems with mental health)
l Is BN a threat?
l Shock therapy for going off track is severe
l Fear of society (Harding, Billy)
l Patients who are there voluntarily - The Combine decides who's sane and who isn't
l The Combine fears the patients (they are different)
l (is this true in our society?)
l (how does fear work in our society?)
l (how does Mack combat their fear?)
l Fear creates a lack of volition
l Patients are afraid to stand up for themselves (that's why Chief raising his hand is so important)
l Mack shows them they don't have to be rabbits (remember Harding's quote - "we're men now"
l Mack comes in and sings and laughs - different power dynamic makes patients less fearful
l What are Mack's fears?
l Does Mack assault the Nurse out of fear or revenge?
l Does Mack feel responsible for Billy's death? Is this why he assaults the Nurse
l Nurse uses the patients' fear - gives her more power
l Mack isn't really punished for the breaking of the glass (how many times?)
l "just like they're working on you" - Chief talks about The Combine - he doesn't want Mack to fight the system - he saw his dad lose against the government (his defining moment - beginning of psychosis)
l What are Mack's fears - he originally thinks he has a 3 month sentence - then he fears not being let out of the hospital
l Mood swings - boisterous - then quiet
l "He opens up his nostrils and sucks up fear from the ward" - referring to the attendant when Chief is in the closet
l Chief thinks the institution senses their fear with mechanical equipment
l (how much of the patients' lives is run by fear? Chief starts off too fearful for anything - speaking - putting up his hand - any self power)
l Nurse has fears of not listening "You're under the jurisdiction of me"
l "That's one fear hiding behind another" - Chief likes the power of Mack - helps him get rid of his fear
l (what is Harding afraid of?)
l (could you focus on your one character?)
l (how are you going to organize your essay)
l Mack isn't afraid of the Nurse - this gives the patients confidence
l Cheswick kills himself after he gains confidence
l "it feels safe" referring to the fog - he's in his own head - he thinks it's physical
Societal Expectations
l All three topics over lap - societal expectations cause fear - power comes as a result of the fear or lack of fear
l Expectations of the nurse (same as The Combine - which is our society)
l The Combine is like the mill - what the general populace thinks normal is
l The truth of life is that no one is normal
l Harding is only there because of what society thinks
l People like to fit in
l Chief is afraid of The Combine "society is in charge of who's sane and who isn't" "it's our job to measure up"
l Nurse is able to portray normality
l "wolves and rabbits" (is Mack a rabbit or a wolf) - Nurse is a wolf - power figure
l Cheswick thinks he's a wolf
l Bad to be a rabbit - society says
l (at the end of the novel Harding says "they're men now" - near the end of the novel
l Wolves want people to be rabbits so they can tell them what to do
l Patients consider themselves lesser rabbits
l Patients feel changed by the end of the novel
l Mack giving patients confidence - he says "you're no crazier than the average… walking around on the streets"
l Voluntary patients checked out at the end
l What's the main goal of keeping patients in the hospital? (cure or keep them away from society - this is similar to jail question)
l Characters change and progress throughout the novel
l Patients don't learn regular ways to interact - institution does not seem to help patients re-enter society - they seems quarantined
l Mack - doesn't follow conventions of society - family? Sleeping with underage girls
l What does Mack do to change the culture of the institution?
l Stand out too much - get cut down (Mack gets a lobotomy)
l How much have things changed since this novel was published
l BN - frightens people to keep the ward under control (opinion)
l Cutting out pieces of their brain - genuine medical practice or retribution
l Expectation of the Nurse - she can cure the patients (1950's or earlier psychological knowledge = very limited)
l Intent to cure - or maintain at a certain level
l Chronics need to be there - acutes are there because of society's expectations
l (look at Billy and Harding - what would we do now?)
l (is Chief actually cured? Can you cure schizophrenia with friendship?)
l Expectations of men versus women - Mack fits the role of masculinity (angry, buff, counter-culture)
l Men in the ward are mostly very unmanly (Billy - 32 year old virgin who worries about what his mom thinks)
l Harding most "normal" - only real reason he's in the hospital is because he's gay and doesn't conform to society
l Nurse - does not conform to society's norm
l No women's ward in the novel - are women in institutions?
l Disrespect towards women - normal in society - Candy - they are seen as objects
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