Junior English
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest—Annotations 7
Annotations for Part III
*Don’t forget to include SCENE DESCRIPTIONS throughout the reading selection
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Find and underline/highlight at least two pieces of evidence that even Dr. Spivey is beginning to
stand up to Nurse Ratched.
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Margin Notes: After the broken glass is replaced with cardboard, Nurse Ratched continues to sit
behind it as if the window were transparent. In your opinion, why does Nurse Ratched do this?
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Find and underline/highlight the description of Candy Starr.
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Find and underline/highlight Nurse Ratched’s reaction to the glass being broken, again, by a
basketball.
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Find and underline/highlight three specific details of McMurphy’s planned fishing trip.
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Margin Notes: How does Nurse Ratched attempt to manipulate the Acute patients into being
scared of McMurphy’s trip?
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Find and underline/highlight Chief’s description of the VERY FIRST time he pretended to be deaf
and dumb.
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Find and underline/highlight the moment when Chief accidently breaks his silence to
McMurphy.
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Find and underline/highlight the section where McMurphy describes his “special body-building”
routine.
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Margin Notes: What does McMurphy make Chief promise to try to do when the body building
course is over?
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Margin Notes: Why does Dr. Spivey wind up going on the trip?
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Find and underline/highlight three specific details that make the patients feel “small” and
“ashamed” on their fishing trip.
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Find and underline/highlight three specific details that make the patients feel “strong” and
“proud” on their fishing trip.
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Margin Notes: How does the fishermen’s treatment of Candy while the patients are sitting on
the dock make each of them feel?
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Find and underline/highlight three unique details from the patients’ time spent on board the
boat.
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Find and underline/highlight three details that demonstrate Billy Bibbit’s infatuation with Candy.
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Margin Notes: How does McMurphy react when the seas get choppy on the return home? How
does this compare with McMurphy’s usual behavior?
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When the men return back (after essentially stealing the boat for a day), the police are waiting
to arrest the men. Find and underline/highlight the section that explains how Dr. Spivey gets
the owner to drop the charges.
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Find and underline/highlight three specific details from McMurphy’s story about his childhood
home.
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Margin Notes: What do you think is the significance of the look on McMurphy’s face after he
tells the story?