One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest:

Information:

• The story is made up of series of skirmishes between McMurphy and Big Nurse.
• This novel written by Ken Kesey.
• The novel was written in 1959 but wasn't published until 1962.
• The novel was such a success that it was later adapted into a film, which won five Academy Awards.
• The novel later became known as a classic American novel.
• The novel was a direct product of Kesey's time working the graveyard shift as an orderly at a mental health facility in Menlo Park, California.

Ken Kesey:

• Ken Kesey, born in 1935, was raised on farms in Colorado and Oregon.
• In 1959, when he volunteered to be a subject in experiments with hallucinogenic drugs, he also began working the night shift in a mental ward. Parts of the novel were written there.
• Until his death in 2001, Kesey resided in Oregon.

Assignment

Identify and explain what you consider to be the most significant event in this section. Be sure to include why you consider this event to be the most significant in this section.

In chapter 14, Vahan had been so lonely staying in the closet all day that he walked out the streets where all the Turks walked around openly. He explains that he was afraid to be lonely. When he stepped outside, he said that it was the first time being outside a front door since eight days. When he was just walking outside, having no destinations in mind, he found piles of body lying in the ground. He went closer to it to examine it closely, and found that one of the bodies was of Sisak, his brother whom he had lost while running away from the soldiers.
Sisak had his eyes half closed, his skin dry and white as sand. He did not even look like Sisak; he looked like any other dead that were lying in the streets of Armenia. Sisak was half unconscientiously and was obviously dying. Then Vahan took Sisak to a house and gave him water, and hoped and prayed for him to live, but in vain. Sisak finally died, living Vahan alone and frightened in a place where no man of his race was safe.
I think that this is the most significant event in this section. Through the whole book, Vahan grows up from a small child to a mature adult. In this coming of the age story, I think the most important part was this. Vahan actually realized that his own family, his protector, his brother had died right in front of his eyes, which meant that he could die any moment as well. In this part of the story, I think Vahan finally realizes how vulnerable he was, and how unprotected he was. He has seen his own brother die right in front of him, and he could not do anything; he has realized that something is meant to happen and you cannot do anything to change it. I think that this is the most important part of this section because this is the time when Vahan touches maturity.

Assignment

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Identify and explain what you consider to be the most significant event in this section. Be sure to include why you consider this event to be the most significant in this section.

In chapter 14, Vahan had been so lonely staying in the closet all day that he walked out the streets where all the Turks walked around openly. He explains that he was afraid to be lonely. When he stepped outside, he said that it was the first time being outside a front door since eight days. When he was just walking outside, having no destinations in mind, he found piles of body lying in the ground. He went closer to it to examine it closely, and found that one of the bodies was of Sisak, his brother whom he had lost while running away from the soldiers.
Sisak had his eyes half closed, his skin dry and white as sand. He did not even look like Sisak; he looked like any other dead that were lying in the streets of Armenia. Sisak was half unconscientiously and was obviously dying. Then Vahan took Sisak to a house and gave him water, and hoped and prayed for him to live, but in vain. Sisak finally died, living Vahan alone and frightened in a place where no man of his race was safe.
I think that this is the most significant event in this section. Through the whole book, Vahan grows up from a small child to a mature adult. In this coming of the age story, I think the most important part was this. Vahan actually realized that his own family, his protector, his brother had died right in front of his eyes, which meant that he could die any moment as well. In this part of the story, I think Vahan finally realizes how vulnerable he was, and how unprotected he was. He has seen his own brother die right in front of him, and he could not do anything; he has realized that something is meant to happen and you cannot do anything to change it. I think that this is the most important part of this section because this is the time when Vahan touches maturity.

Forgotten Fire

My Perspective:

Vahan and his family were captured and taken to Goryan's Inn. There they stayed in a dark, damp room with no food or water, with about 10 soldiers garding. Adam Bagdasarian, the author of the book, describes that place like a small chamber which is almost always locked and only the soldiers have acess to walk in and out; he describes it almost like a jail chamber. And the people there are very desperate to get out. And then they finally do!

They are led to a walk. There were supposedly around 200 desperate Armenians, with no other desires but to get out of that place, and only around 20 soldiers who were giving them the tough time. All of them get out of the inn and walk away, with an unknown distination!

I remember myself reading that part, with anger and grudge twisted inside my belly. I was angry with those characters! And the thing that fascinated me was that nobady even tried to attack the soldiers! If it was me, and I knew I was going to die anyway, then I would have given my best chance. They were led by some crazy soldiers who did not care about anything. They were hungry for days and nights; they were thirsty. They were being led to an unknown place, and were not allowed to do almost anything but walk. Why wouldn't anyone try to fight the soldiers? Why wouldn't they try to protect their families? They had a 1:10 ratio advantage!