Opening Question: Why do so many people encourage violence in sports? Core Question 1: What effect

During his time spent, he is at constant war with her either he losing advantage or gaining. When McMurphy first arrives to the ward, he seems different compared to other admissions. Chief Bromden the narrator of the story mentions “ I don’t hear him slide scared along the wall, and when they tell him about the shower he don’t just submit with a weak little yes, he tells them right in a loud brassy voice that he’s already damn clean, thank you.(Kesey Pg.9)”. This means compared to the other admissions McMurphy does not submit like the rest he seems strong and takes charge of the situation he is. McMurphy is a man who confident, strong, and rowdy and despite his big and muscular appearance as mentioned by the narrator, Chief Bromden observations of him. In one section of the novel, Chief Bromden mentions during the recollections of his past he mentions of his father mentioning to him about conformity based on appearance “Papa said if you don’t watch it people will force you one way or the other into doing what they think you should do”. Therefore, even though McMurphy is a tall, broad across the jaw and shoulders and chest.

In the novel, McMurphy represents strength, for even his hands, “Were thick and strong closing over mine, and my hand commenced to feel peculiar and went to swelling up out there on my stick of an arm, like he was transmitting his own blood into it. It rang with blood and power,” (Kesey 25). He is seen as a symbol of strength

In his essay “offensive play” Malcolm Gladwell explains that dogfighting and football are similar and different Gladwell purpose is to declare in order to show football players and dogfighting are similar.Gladwell addresses his essay to sports enthusiasts by using ex former football players for example michael vick.Gladwell also uses medical terms to inform doctors or people.Gladwell develops this argument by using logical health problems,by using examples of formal players that got severely injured because they had to finish the game,by using quotes from players,by using imagery throughout the essay and also using comparison with dogfighting and football.

In the six pages Article “Weighing the costs” that Kostrya Kennedy wrote for Sports Illustrated on September 12, 2016, Kennedy informs the public about weighing the costs of playing football. In the article Kennedy wrote about a football player who had died while playing in a football game. The player had taken a hit to the head and was knocked unconscious on the field and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The football team rallied behind there deceased teammate and went on to go undefeated and to win the state championship.

     Mcmurphy was the one who started making people laughing in the ward. When he first came into the ward he was cracking jokes and shaking everybody’s hand. (p.16)

At this point, Kesey alludes to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Because McMurphy is gone for “three” weeks, Kesey parallels the Jesus’ resurrection, which occurred over “three”

Most people understand that football is a violent sport, and one must be very tough in order to compete. Injuries NFL athletes suffer can affect, not only the player, but also the fans and family members watching. Over time, many have become increasingly disturbed by the violence that routinely occurs in

Prompt: 2. Does McMurphy win or lose his battle with Nurse Ratched? Justify your answer with three specific examples from the text.

a degenerative disease that develops over months, years, or even decades of time after repetitive head blows. “An Attempt for One More Appeal in the NFL Concussion Case” says that lawyers for long time NFL running back, Cookie Gilchrist, compiled evidence to counter the league's claims that his CTE was not sustained from playing football. Despite the claims, experts and lawyers helped prove otherwise by looking at records and data. They concluded that after so many years of playing and getting hit, and so many concussions that were reported not including the ones not reported, that that is why he died of CTE. Former players could agree with the findings of private investigators by sharing stories and experiences. After this football took an even bigger shot to its

away his ability to laugh. A second example is the scene in which McMurphy and his

Football is one of America’s greatest sports, but on December 1, 2016 Joe McKnight was at an intersection when one man shot him and killed him. Witness say that the shooter said “I told you not to f*** with me.” This was shooting that made people very unhappy. Fans were devastated. Teams and teammates were on social media talking about this tragic event.

Along with the other patients, they are locked away and deemed crazy. However, to the keen eye of others, he is far from it, “…and they would ask him if he felt like he was ready to come around and face up to his problem and come back to the ward…and he’d tell the nurse he regretted that he had but one life to give for his country before he’d give up the goddamn ship.” (Kesey 289). It is so clear that trying to make him go against everything he has worked at will never happen. He refuses to let anyone try to talk him down and make him do something he does not deem acceptable. Every action leading up to this was for the men, and he will not let his actions be labeled crazy. McMurphy has done so much for these men and will put himself in harm’s way if it means they have a voice. Similarly, to most, McMurphy may take things too far. To the ones that matter, he is doing everything for the greater good and is never selfish. Even so, the consequences are not even on his mind anymore, “Only at last-after he’d smashed through that glass door, her face swinging around, with terror forever ruining any other look she might ever try to use again, screaming when he grabbed for her and ripped her uniform” (Kesey 318). McMurphy again resorted to getting physical to prove his point. At this point, he has had enough and does not care what anyone will do or say to him. He has more than proved to the men that he

I would advice Mcmurphy to listen to Chief when he is telling him that everyone is working on him to weaken.Chief tells him that his father used to be big “He was real big when I was a kid.”(pg 219) but “the Combine” which is the government and society got him.Chief tells him The Combine do not directly kill, they instead working on people until they become weak and let them perish on their own.Chief tells Mcmurphy about how they worked on his father, “It worked on him for years. He was big enough to fight it for a while. It wanted us to live in inspected houses. It wanted to take the falls. It was even in the tribe, and they worked on him. In the town they beat him up in the alleys and cut his hair short once. Oh, the Combine’s big - big.

McMurphy's description is also portrayed differently in the novel than in the film. In the novel, he is described as a huge red-headed criminal with sideburns, tattoos, and a hat on his head and a scar on his nose that he is constantly rubbing. He seems bigger than life in these descriptions, but in the film McMurphy is

For example, Chiefs beginning to play basketball is a major accomplishment on the part of McMurphy. His constant encouragement finally drove Chief to play. Another example is the group discussions. McMurphy tried to incorporate everyone into these discussions simultaneously. This can be seen when he rallied everyone’s support to try to convince Nurse Ratchett to let them watch the World Series on television.