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To what is this quote referring?

Aim: How does McMurphy begin to articulate the effects of Nurse Ratched’s manipulative hold over the patients?. Do Now: What power do the sexes hold over each other? What power does a woman have over a man and what power does a man have over a woman?.

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To what is this quote referring?

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  1. Aim: How does McMurphy begin to articulate the effects of Nurse Ratched’s manipulative hold over the patients? Do Now: What power do the sexes hold over each other? What power does a woman have over a man and what power does a man have over a woman?

  2. “They’ve been maneuvered again into grilling one of their friends like he was a criminal and they were all prosecutors and judge and jury.” p. 56 • To what is this quote referring? • Are the patients aware of Nurse Ratched’s role in their actions? • Insidious: causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed

  3. “Oh, a peckin’ party can wipe out the whole flock in a matter of a few hours, buddy, I seen it.” p. 57 • How is McMurphy’s assessment of the group’s behavior apt? • On p. 57, what solution does McMurphy offer to the “pecking party”? • How does Harding initially react to McMurphy’s concerns? How can we explain his reaction?

  4. “She ain’tpeckin’ at your eyes. That’s not what she’s peckin’ at.” p. 59 • What is Nurse Ratched pecking at? What idea is McMurphy setting up here? • Emasculation • What do you think about McMurphy’s assessment of Nurse Ratched’s motives? On p. 63, Harding states, “We are vicitims of a matriarchy here…” What does that mean?

  5. “No one’s dared come out and say it before, but there’s not a man among us that doesn’t think it, that doesn’t feel just as you do about her and the whole business – feel it somewhere down deep in his scared little soul.” p. 62 • Why hasn’t anyone dared to say anything before McMurphy? • What does Harding mean when he calls the patients, rabbits – p. 65? • According to Harding, how is the world divided?

  6. Can McMurphy get Nurse Ratched’s goat? • What bet does McMurphy make with the other patients by the end of p. 75? • According to Harding, what is the only way a man can gain control over a woman? • Why does he think McMurphy will fail? • What will happen if McMurphy does fail?

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