Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Fog's dual symbolism in Bromden's mind
Fog's dual symbolism in Bromden's mind
Mental confusion & retreat from institutional surveillance
McMurphy's quote about losing your laugh
McMurphy's quote about losing your laugh
When you lose your laugh you lose your footing
Bromden's paradox: 'truth even if it didn't...'
Bromden's paradox: 'truth even if it didn't...'
It's the truth even if it didn't happen
McMurphy: who decides sanity?
McMurphy: who decides sanity?
Society is what decides who's sane and who isn't
McMurphy's existential motto (Descartes twist)
McMurphy's existential motto (Descartes twist)
I rebel—therefore I exist
Forced alteration result per Bromden
Forced alteration result per Bromden
Not a different self but a defective one
Fog's function as Bromden's choice
Fog's function as Bromden's choice
Voluntary dissociation/shield from painful clarity
Bromden's insight on mental illness & power
Bromden's insight on mental illness & power
More insane may mean more powerful—resistance potential
Ratched's ironic accusation of McMurphy
Ratched's ironic accusation of McMurphy
Playing god with lives (describes her own behaviour)
Bromden on McMurphy's strength source
Bromden on McMurphy's strength source
Being what he is—authentic essence as resistance