One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Part II)

In part two of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Harding’s wife comes to visit. While she is there Harding makes fun of her grammar. When she leaves McMurphy yells at Harding when he ask what McMurphy thinks of his wife. The patients start to look up to McMurphy cause he isn’t scared to open his mouth and say what he wants. I believe that other patients that looked up to McMurphy also started to say what they wanted to say when they felt like it. When Cheswick complains the he wants something done about the limitations on his cigarettes McMurphy just kept his mouth shut. Cheswick is then put into the disturbed section of the ward and then he dies. As the reader I am aware that Cheswick did not accidentally drown.

Lantern Theater performance of Hamlet

Going to the Lantern Theater to see the performance of Hamlet I was not excited. I thought that it was going to be boring but as much as I don't like Shakespeare I thought that the actors in the play did an amazing job at making the play worth watching. I thought that all the actors played their part very well and they were very in character. My favorite actor was Hamlet. He used all of the space very well. He made the play very funny and interesting. After watching the play I left amazed that I actually like it. Even though it was very long it kept my interest. Watching the play at the Lantern Theater helped me more understand what went on in the play and exactly what each character was like. The only part of the play I didn't like was how Ophelia's outfit didn't really fit into the time period which kind of threw me off but other then that I think the play was really awesome.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Part I)

In Part One of One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest is introduces Chief Bromden who is the narrator of the book. He suffers from paranoia and has hallucinations. He has been in the mental hospital longer then any other patients that’s there. He gets treatments to help his problem. In the beginning of part one he tells about all the situations that are occurring at the mental hospital. The fog symbolizes the weakness of the patients in the mental hospital. Chief Bromden believes the he is weak when really he is very strong. Harding tells McMurphy that the Big Nurse is not helping them and she is treating them like little children. The therapy sessions are not helping them they are just making things worse. McMurphy finally is able to show what is really going on.

Hamlet (Act II)

In Act II Hamlet creates a play to see his uncles reaction and try to catch him in his lies. I believe that Hamlet is a very smart character he knew exactly what to do to try and catch his uncle in his lies. I cant figure out if Hamlet truly believe the ghost. I believe that is a good idea not to confront the uncle because he wouldn’t tell the truth anyway cause he wouldn’t want to be caught. If Hamlet ended up being wrong then he would have looked crazy and it would have cause a little drama with his uncle. In Act II everyone is going behind each others backs to find out information instead of just confronting them. King Claudius and Queen Gertrude want to find out what’s wrong with Hamlet but instead of confronting him they just hire his friend to find out what’s going on. I believe that it would make life much easier if they just confronted Hamlet. The fact that Hamlet is not giving up on finding out how is father really die shows that he had a strong relationship with his father and he wont back down till the truth comes out. I think Act II showed more about each character. By the end of Act II I started to believe that Hamlet was a little crazy but I wasn’t sure if he was just trying to make people think he was or if he really truly is crazy.

Hamlet (Act I)

Throughout Act I in Hamlet, you learn a lot about the characters. Shakespeare doesn’t come out and tell you about every character as a reader you figure out what they are like by the things that do and say. This made me read the story more carefully because the story doesn’t tell you exactly what each charater is like you have to draw your own conclusions.
In act one you don’t hear much from King Claudius but you realize exactly what kind of person he is. In this act you learn how self he is went you find out that he seduces Hamlet’s mother so that he can become King. Then you find out that he is very conniving when you find out that he poisoned Hamlet’s father. You realize that King Claudius is a bad man and only wants the power.
Hamlet is another character who you learn a lot about is act 1. You learn about Hamlet by what he does more so then what he says. From the beginning of the act you realize that Hamlet is a sensitive man. You see this when he cries over his fathers death and pronounced love for Ophelia. In act 1 you also learn that he has a lot of respect for his mother because he keeps his mouth shut about his mother marrying his uncle.
Another character in act 1 is Gertrude. I don’t really understand her much just yet. I haven’t yet figured out if she was part of the fathers death or is she just innocent. Hamlet says that his father and mother were deeply in love but I don’t believe that they were because she was very quick to run off and get married again. I cant figure out if Gertrude realizes what Claudius did to the king and is just trying to look past it or if she has no idea and is oblivious to what’s going on. I find it hard to feel bad for Gertrude because I feel that if she was really in love with Hamlet’s father she wouldn’t have gotten married so quickly to his brother. I don’t know much about Gertrude but I’m also not a big fan of her.
Even though I only read the first act I believe that this play is going to become more interesting. I am looking forward to seeing how Hamlet deals with Claudius and if anyone ever finds out that Claudius killed Hamlet’s father. I’m also looking forward to see if Gertrude realizes what kind of man Claudius really is.